Italy
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Welcome
Italia! The country that looks like a high-heeled boot jutting into the Mediterranean Sea.
Join us as we journey to the Mediterranean Sea. Here, you’ll find resources to help you take a adventure to Italy. Enjoy!
DID YOU KNOW?
Italian is Italy’s official language, which has its roots in the ancient and dead language of Latin.
FACT #01
Rome is the capital of Italy and is more than 2500 years old.
FACT #02
Pizza was invented in Naples, Italy.
FACT #03
Rome was also the capital of the Roman Empire, which was—about 2,000 years ago—the most powerful and rich empire around.
FACT #04
Most Italians eat pasta at least once a day.
FACT #05
Most people in Italy shop in several stores and outside markets for their food, not one big supermarket.
FACT #06
The country is made up of twenty regions, which often speak in their own dialect of Italian and eat their own regional food dishes.
FACT #07
The two biggest desert islands of the Mediterranean Sea are located on the southern part of Italy and are known as Sicily and Sardinia.
FACT #08
Luciano Pavarotti, an Italian Opera tenor, is know as one of the most famous singers in the world.
FACT #09
The most famous Italian dance is know as the Tarantella.
FACT #10
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