-
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (, abbreviated NSDAP), commonly known as the Nazi Party. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and served as head of state as Führer und Reichskanzler from 1934 to 1945.
http://wn.com/Adolf_Hitler -
Augusto Turati
Augusto Turati (April 16, 1888 — August 27, 1955) was an Italian journalist and Fascist politician.
http://wn.com/Augusto_Turati -
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini KSMOM GCTE (29 July 1883, Predappio, Province of Forlì-Cesena - 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism.
http://wn.com/Benito_Mussolini -
Francisco Franco
Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade, (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975), commonly known as Franco (), was a Spanish military general and dictator, head of state of Spain from October 1936 (whole nation from 1939 onwards), and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November 1975. As head of state, Franco used the title Caudillo de España, por la gracia de Dios, meaning; Leader of Spain, by the grace of God.
http://wn.com/Francisco_Franco
-
Calcio Fiorentino was an early form of football that originated in 16th century Italy. The Piazza Santa Croce of Florence is the cradle of this sport, that became known as giuoco del calcio fiorentino ("Florentine kick game") or simply calcio ("kick").
http://wn.com/Calcio_Fiorentino -
England () is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
http://wn.com/England -
Germany (), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (, ), is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The territory of Germany covers 357.021 km2 and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state of the European Union, and home to the third-largest number of international migrants worldwide.
http://wn.com/Germany -
Italy (; ), officially the Italian Republic (), is a country located in south-central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia — the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea — and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, whilst Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.4 million inhabitants, it is the sixth most populous country in Europe, and the twenty-third most populous in the world.
http://wn.com/Italy -
Spain ( ; , ), officially the Kingdom of Spain (), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
http://wn.com/Spain
- Adolf Hitler
- association football
- Augusto Turati
- Benito Mussolini
- Calcio Fiorentino
- England
- Francisco Franco
- Germany
- harpastum
- Hybrid sports
- Italy
- rugby union
- Rugby union in Italy
- Spain
- team handball
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:28
- Published: 13 May 2009
- Uploaded: 29 Nov 2011
- Author: Superquark1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:48
- Published: 10 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 13 Sep 2011
- Author: ntacalabria
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:16
- Published: 17 Jan 2009
- Uploaded: 08 Dec 2011
- Author: rosalbagrillo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:58
- Published: 19 Jun 2009
- Uploaded: 03 Dec 2011
- Author: serendipablito
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:40
- Published: 22 Jan 2009
- Uploaded: 10 Oct 2011
- Author: vacanzecaluri
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:43
- Published: 09 Aug 2009
- Uploaded: 20 Aug 2010
- Author: brrontelive
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:31
- Published: 25 Aug 2008
- Uploaded: 28 May 2011
- Author: portaleSNP
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:56
- Published: 14 Sep 2008
- Uploaded: 03 Jul 2011
- Author: ANGHELOSCOELI
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:52
- Published: 07 Oct 2007
- Uploaded: 07 Sep 2011
- Author: fabriziog75
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:25
- Published: 31 May 2011
- Uploaded: 31 May 2011
- Author: aphasyas11
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:23
- Published: 27 May 2011
- Uploaded: 01 Jun 2011
- Author: SISMAproductions
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:20
- Published: 06 Jan 2009
- Uploaded: 17 Nov 2011
- Author: Lunaestella87
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 15:01
- Published: 02 Feb 2011
- Uploaded: 12 Nov 2011
- Author: Pietro66giallorosso
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:25
- Published: 12 Sep 2009
- Uploaded: 10 Sep 2011
- Author: SoleroIce82
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:44
- Published: 01 Oct 2008
- Uploaded: 27 Aug 2010
- Author: adrianolore
-
OWS and Its Battle With MacArthurism
WorldNews.com
-
Forget Embassy Wars, the Real War Is Over Memory
WorldNews.com
-
Iraq: A war of muddled goals, painful sacrifice
Springfield News-Sun
-
Obama, al-Maliki charting next steps for US, Iraq
STL Today
-
Defense Authorization Act Will Destroy The Bill Of Rights
WorldNews.com
size: 1.2Kb
size: 4.0Kb
size: 1.7Kb
Football was quite popular in Spain, Italy and Germany when fascists came to power in each of these countries during the 1920s and 1930s. However, at the time football was still very much identified as an English game, since the rules for the game had been formalized in 19th century England, and the first organized sporting teams and associations originated there. Although fascists idealized the sport for its contribution to physical fitness, they wished to distance themselves from its English roots. In Italy, there was an attempt to elevate Volata above the Anglophone sports of football and rugby union. This game was created by the national secretary of the Fascist Party, Augusto Turati, supposedly based on a form of football played in classical times, such as harpastum, and therefore indigenous to Italy. Starting in the late 1920s over 100 Volata clubs were formed into a league.
Although enjoying some initial popularity thanks to the steadfast support of Fascist sporting and cultural organizations, volata never caught on in football-mad Italy and in 1933 the effort was officially abandoned, and all references to it expunged from party records. In the end, the invention of the game proved more damaging to rugby union's popularity and place in Italian sporting culture. Indeed, the enduring popularity of football caused Mussolini to completely change his attitude toward football and Italy hosted the 1934 World Cup, which was won by the hosts.
See also
References
Volata Volata Category:Association football variants Category:Sports originating in Italy Category:Italian fascism
es:Volata fr:Volata it:Volata (sport) mr:वोलाटा sv:Volata
This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.