Italy is located in Southern Europe and has the shape of a boot. Rome is the capital city and largest city, located in the west central part of the country. The majority religion is Roman Catholicism, and the official language is Italian, although there are regional dialects spoken. The Apennine Mountains run through the center of Italy from north to south. Italy has a mainly Mediterranean climate and agriculture is an important part of the economy, including crops like olives, wheat, citrus fruits and tomatoes. Popular cities also include Milan, Naples, Florence and Venice.

1. ITALY

2. ITALY
ITALY IS LOCATED
IN SOUTHERN
EUROPE. IT STICKS
OUT INTO THE
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA LIKE A BOOT

3. ROME
ROME IS THE CAPITAL OF
ITALY AND IT IS LARGEST
CITY. TODAY ABOUT 2,656,000
PEOPLE LIVE IN ROME About
96 percent of the population of
Italy is Italian, though there are
many other ethnicities that live
in this country. North African
Arab, Italo-Albanian, Albanian,
German, Austrian and some
other European groups fill out
the remainder of the
population.

4. RELIGION
The major religion in Italy is Roman
Catholicism. This is not surprising, as Vatican
City, located in the heart of Rome, is the hub of
Roman Catholicism and where the Pope resides.
Roman Catholics and other Christians make up
80 percent of the population, though only one-
third of those are practicing Catholics. The
country also has a growing Muslim immigrant
community, according to the University of
Michigan. Muslim, agnostic and atheist make
up the other 20 percent of the population,
according to the Central Intelligence Agency.

5. LENGUAGE The official language of the country is Italian.
About 93 percent of the Italian population speaks
Italian as native language, according to the BBC.
There are a number of dialects of the language
spoken in the country, including Sardinian,
Friulian, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Ligurian,
Piedmontese, Venetian and Calabrian. Milanese is
also spoken in Milan. Other languages spoken by
native Italians include Albanian, Bavarian,
Catalan, Cimbrian, Corsican, Croatian, French,
German, Greek, Slovenian and Walser

6. APENNINE
ITALY IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. THE
ALPS ARE LOCATED IN NORTHERN ITALY.
THE APENNINE MOUNTAINS CUT DOWN
THE CENTER OF ITALY, STRETCHING FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH, DIVIDING THE EAST
AND WEST COASTS. THE CITIES OF ITALY
ARE POPULAR VACATIONS FOR
TRAVELERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

7. SIZE
ITALY IS ABOUT 116,000 SQUARE MILES IN SIZE. THE
UNITED STATES IS ABOUT 3.79 MILLION SQUARE
MILES. MEANING THAT THE UNITED STATES IS
ABOUT 33 TIME LARGER THAN ITALY ABOUT 58
MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN ITALY

8. CLIMAT
EITALY’S CLIMATE CHANGES
DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE.
THE NORTHERN AREAS ARE COLD
IN THE WINTER AND HOT IN THE
SUMMER. SNOW CAN BEGIN IN THE
ALPS AS EARLY AS THE MIDDLE OF
SEPTEMBER. AS YOU TRAVEL SOUTH
THE TEMPERATURE BECOMES
MORE MILD. IN THE SUMMER
EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURES
CAN BE FOUND IN THE AREAS
SOUTH OF ROME

9. CITIES
ITALY’S LARGEST CITIES ARE ROME, MILAN, NAPLES, TURIN, AND
PALERMO.FLORENCE, GENOA, AND BOLOGNA AND OTHER
IMPORTANT CITIES

10. NAPLES
NAPLES IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
SEAPORT IN ITALY IT IS THE
CENTER OF ITALY’S EXPORTING
BUSINESS ABOUT 1,000,000
PEOPLE LIVE IN NAPLES IF YOU
VISIT NAPLES YOU CAN SEE
MOUNT VESUVIUS

11. SICILY IS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
ABOUT 5 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE ON THE ISLAND OF SICILY YOU
CAN ALSO FIND THE VOLCANO MOUNT ETNA ON SICILY FARMERS
GROW ORANGES AND OLIVES ON SOME LOWER MOUNTAIN
SLOPES WHEAT IS ITS MOST IMPORTANT CROP

12. ART
FLORENCE IS LOCATED IN THE TUSCANY
REGION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
APENNINE MOUNTAINS IT IS KNOWN FOR
ITS FAMOUS MUSEUMS ARCHITECTURE
AND ARTWORK FLORENCE IS ONE OF THE
WORLD’S MOST VISITED CITIES BECAUSE
OF THE AMAZING PAINTINGS AND
STATUES THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE
MICHELANGELO AND LEONARDO DA
VINCI ARE TWO OF THE FAMOUS ARTISTS
WHOSE WORK YOU CAN SEE HERE

13. MUCH OF THE LAND IN ITALY IS USED FOR FARMING
OLIVE TREES ARE GROW IN THE SOUTH OLIVE OIL IS A
VERY IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IN ITALIAN COOKING THE
FIGS IN ITALY ARE ALSO POPULAR ALL AROUND THE
WORLD OTHER IMPORTANT CROPS ARE WHEAT CITRUS
FRUITS AND TOMATOES

14. SPORT
THE
NATIONAL
SPORT OF
ITALY IS
SOCCER

15. GONDOLA
VENICE IS IN
NORTHEASTERN ITALY
IT IS ONE OF THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL
CITIES IN THE WORLD IT
IS KNOWN AS “THE CITY
OF CANALS ,,TOBAY
VENETIANS TRAVEL BY
MOTOR LAUNCH TO GET
FROM PLACE VISITORS
CAN STILL USE E
GONDOLA TO SEE THE
CITY

16. FOOD
PASTA

17. ITALY
ITALY IS CERTAINLY
ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN
THE WORLD FROM THE
LEANING TOWER OF
PISA TO THE CANALS OF
VENICE ITALY IS TRULY
WONDERFUL!!