Are ancient ruins actually interesting to Italian and Greek people?

Are ancient ruins actually interesting to Italian and Greek people?
Or are they so used to ruins it just becomes part of the scenery

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Those ancient ruins are the only interesting part of our country

Depends on the site.
Some of them are just a pain in the ass with no historical value and a burden on the development of the city. But the major ones are fascinating.

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The big ones in Rome are interesting, the rest are just kinda there, it's hard to find a 2000 years old bridge interesting when you cross it every day.

Why would it be interesting 5 minutes after you've seen it?

italians are massive greek and romaboos, it won't be long till they start teaching latin at kindergarten. Then again that's only a small part of Italian culture

I was always under the impression that italians were sick of hearing about the empire

They're interesting since they are my home and remind me if home when I'm abroad. Nobody obsessed over them

For example, I can visit ruins in other counts and it's interesting but it doesn't feel like home

I'm actually surprised that Latin doesn't have a strong movement in Italy.

yeah

See. This is why americans have more appreciation for european history than europeans.

Renaissance art? medieval armor and castles?

This. Walking across a 2000 year old bridge sounds mental to me. A bridge that's 200 years old in my state amazed me, so I can't imagine walking over one that's older than most countries in this world.

>start teaching latin at kindergarten.
Very based.
I want to teach my kids latin

Of course

Your country is the pinnacle of European culture and your people contributed more to human advancement prior to the 20th century than any other nation, even more than France. You might not be able to fully appreciate it because you've been surrounded by it all your live, but Italy is European culture in its purest, most condensed form.

Greco-Roman ruins are actually a novelty that you don't really see often out in the open as part of the cityscape, so those cities that have them (Rome obviously, Syracuse etc.) have enough of a draw to attract domestic tourism too. Otherwise you either see those ruins in archeological parks like Pompeii or hidden within palaces and cathedrals; in many places when you visit a Medieval monument they will often showcase the Roman-era foundations or walls that the medieval people have built over.

I grew up in a city that is as old as Rome but does not really have any visible Roman ruins, all its famous monuments are Medieval, Baroque or Art Nouveau.