The process of applying for Italian Dual Citizenship by marriage. is certainly easier, in the sense that there are fewer papers to present to the Italian Consulate.  

There are two procedures depending on the sex of the applicant and the marriage date:

Our family journey toward Italian citizenship started over a decade ago when my son Nick was offered an opportunity to play professional baseball in Italy and Europe and also be a member of the Italian National Collegiate Baseball team.  He was advised that in order to have priority he had to obtain Italian citizenship Jure Sanguinis. 

The key document to determine whether you qualify or not is the Naturalization Certificate or “lack” of it (the so-called Certificate of Non-Existence).

You have to make sure that your ancestor who was born in Italy did not become a U.S. citizen before the birth of his/her son or daughter in the United States. 

A few years ago, Mayor Vincenzo Tamburi, came up with a bright idea to repopulate the ghost town of San Basile, located on the slopes of Mount Pollino in the province of Cosenza (Calabria). The online initiative was called: "A home in San Basile". He put up for sale about 150 abandoned homes and parcels of land ranging from as little as Euro 5,000 each (about $5,600) to a maximum of Euro 60,000 ($69,000). San Basile was an instantaneous success with buyers from all over the world.