L'Accademia della Crusca: la più antica accademia linguistica del mondo
The Accademia della Crusca, the oldest language academy in the world
A Florentine teacher starts at a Medici villa and tells you how the Crusca came to guard the Italian language. Unhurried speech, with the history of the words you are learning.
859 words, about 7 minutes of reading.
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