3. WEATHER
• ITALY HAS A PREDOMINANTLY MEDITERRANEAN
CLIMATE.
• DURING THE WINTER: ON SOME WINTER DAYS IT CAN
BE −2 °C (28 °F) AND SNOWY.
• SOMETIMES RAINY WINTERS.
• SUNNY, HOT, AND USUALLY DRY SUMMERS.
• AVERAGE TEMPERATURES: 66-86°F IN THE NORTH.
4. ETHNIC GROUPS
• THE MAJOR ETHNIC GROUP IN ITALY
IS THE ITALIANS, WHO ACCOUNT FOR
95% OF TOTAL POPULATION.
• THE REMAINING 5% OF THE
POPULATION CONSISTS OF ETHNICITIES
LIKE
• ALBANIANS
• ROMANIANS
• UKRAINIANS
• AND OTHER EUROPEANS.
5. RELIGIONS AND
LANGUAGES
• RELIGION:
• THE MAJOR RELIGION IN ITALY IS ROMAN
CATHOLICISM.
• OTHER RELIGIONS INCLUDE CHRISTIANITY,
BUDDHISM AND JUDAISM.
• LANGUAGE:
• ITALIAN IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF
ITALY.
• OTHERS ARE ENGLISH (34%) · FRENCH
(16%) · SPANISH (11%) · GERMAN (5%) ·
OTHER REGIONAL LANGUAGE (6%).
6. FOOD:
• PIZZA IS MOST POPULAR
FOOD. PIZZA IS A NATIONAL
SYMBOL, A FOOD THAT
REPRESENTS ITALY IN THE
WORLD
• ANOTHER SYMBOL, A NATIONAL
ICON, LOVED ALL OVER THE
WORLD, IS PASTA
• ITALIAN CUISINE IS LASAGNE.
7. VENICE:
• VENICE IS A CITY IN NORTHEASTERN ITALY.
• IT IS BUILT ON A GROUP OF 118 SMALL
ISLANDS.
• VENICE, KNOWN ALSO AS THE “CITY OF
CANALS,” OR “THE FLOATING CITY,”
• VENICE IS FAMOUS FOR LINKING VENICE’S
ISLANDS ARE OVER 400 BRIDGES.
• GONDOLA RIDES
• CARNIVAL CELEBRATIONS
• NARROW STREETS
8. ROME:
• ROME IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF ITALY.
• ROME IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL ANCIENT
CITIES.
• IT CONTAINS VAST AMOUNTS OF PRICELESS
WORKS OF ART, PALACES, MUSEUMS, PARKS, CHURCHES, GARDENS, AND
OTHER VENUES.
• ROME IS ANCIENT HOLY PLACE SAID TO BE THE “MOTHER AND HEAD OF
ALL CHURCHES ON EARTH”.
• ROME – SYNONYMOUS WITH ROMANCE, IT'S ALL IN THE NAME..
ITS CALLED AS CITY OF LOVE.
9. INTERESTING FACTS:
• ITALY HAS 55 WORLD HERITAGE SITES MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.
• ITALY IS HOME TO EUROPE’S ONLY THREE ACTIVE VOLCANOES.
• THE VATICAN CITY IS THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COUNTRY.
• ITALY IS THE FIFTH MOST VISITED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
• ITALY HAS OVER 1500 LAKES.
• ITALY HAS THE OLDEST POPULATION IN EUROPE.
• ITALIANS INVENTED EYEGLASSES.
• PIZZA WAS INVENTED IN NAPLES
• ITALIANS EAT SALAD FOR DESSERT
