It was once the practice for people to live above their shops this has largely ceased although it is rumoured that some of the Ponte Vecchio shops still have small apartments hidden out of site of the many tourists and inhabitants of Firenze, Italy.
South Italy is the southern boot region of Italy, though there are two different interpretations of what South Italy is. According to the EU parliament constituency, there are 6 regions in South Italy. This starts from Abruzzo on the East Coast and on the West, this is from Campania downwards to Calabria.