presentation about italy

1. Ital
y
By
Camilla
Fedi

2. General information
Official name : italian republic
Type of State : parlamentary republic
Capital city : Rome
President : Sergio Mattarella
Population : 60 788 845
Language : italian and in some part of Italy , german and
french
Currency : Euro ( € )

3. History of Italy
First greek colonization
In Sicily and in the
south
( Magna Grecia )
8°- 7° century BC
Roman republic and
empire
753 BC – 476 AD
Middle ages : Italy
was divided in
many communes ,
dukedoms and
Indipendent towns
476 AD – 1492 AD
Renaissence :
vigorous revavival of
visual arts , poetry
and culture
1400-1700 AD
Italy is unified by
Giuseppe Garibaldi
and in 1861 Italy is
declared a kingdom
ruled by the Savoy
dinasty
After the first , the
second
World War and
the fascist regime
Italy becomes a
Republic in 1946

4. Map of Italy
 Italy is divided in 20 regions
5 regions have a special autonomous status ,
for cultural reasons
Every region has a capital city
In the north Italy borders France , Switzerland,
Austria and Slovenia
Italy has two nations inside : Vatican city and San
Marino

5. Piedmont

6. Lombardy

7. Emilia Romagna

8. Tuscany

9. Lazio

10. Campania

11. Sicily

12. School in Italy
• Kindergarten, 3 years ( 3-5 )
• Primary school , 5 years ( 6-10 )
• Junior high school , 3 years ( 11-13 )
• High school , 5 years ( 14-18 ) ; high schools
are divided in “licei” ( where you study Latin )
and schools ( where you don’t study Latin )
• University ( 19-23 )

13. “A common Italian day”
You wake up at 7 in the morning
School starts at 8:30 am
You have morning tea at 11 , after 3 hours of lesson
School finish at 2:00 pm
You have lunch at 2:15 and you sleep for 1 hour
You have to study at least 2 hours a day , usually from 4 to 6 pm
You go to sport class , usually soccer for boys and dance or volleyball
for girls
You have dinner at 9:00
 You go to bed at 11:00

14. Thank you !