How close are Italians and Spanish people culturally?

Question

How close are Italians and Spanish people culturally?

Answer 1

well both have black in them but sicilians have more im sicilian too

Answer 2

Both have cultures that were largely influenced by Romans including the Catholic church and the Latin derived languages.

Answer 3

Extremely close linguistically(Southern Latin languages)

Extremely close geographically(Southern European)

Extremely close genetically(European Mediterraneans)

Extremely close historically(Muslim conquests, joint crusades)

Extremely close religiously(strong historic affiliations with the Roman catholic Church)

Answer 4

Both influenced by Morroccan and other North African antecedents but to an indeterminant amount.

Answer 5

Quite close. The Spanish monarchy owned Milan, Naples and the South, Sicily and Tuscany for a hundred and fifty years. The political stability allowed arts and literature to flourish, however, the committents were the noblemen and the noblemen were Spanish, so the artists had to cater to their tastes.

A lot of Italian words are derived from Spanish - appartamento, azienda, bagarino, baccalà, camorra, gaglioffo, marrano, picaro etc.

In an unrelated historical episode, a town in Sardinia, Alghero, was repopulated with people of Catalan origins and they still speak it.