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The following map is used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 license: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Italian_Dialects.png Author: Sima Brankov. Still images incorporating the above map are available for use under Creative Commons Attribution-Share alike 4.0 license.
Music:

Intro and outro: «Take That Back» by Silent Partner.
Main: «Sunday» by Otis McDonald.