Italy is a country located in southern Europe, bordered by France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia. Italy has a long history, originally being home to the powerful Roman Empire. Though it faced periods of foreign domination and broke into smaller states, Italy eventually unified in the 19th century and is now a democratic republic. Italian culture is rich with traditions like Carnival celebrations and national holidays. The country is also famous for foods like pizza, gelato, and tiramisu, and has spectacular architecture such as the Colosseum and canals of Venice.

2. ITALY
"Italy" (Italia) the name mention a
legendary ancient king named
'Italus',meaning "land of young cattle",
since Italy had been a rich agricultural
country since ancient times.

3. Location of Italy
•Italy is a country in south-western Europe
•Italy is bordered by Switzerland and Austria
to the north,
• Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea the east,
•France and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west,
•Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean to the
south.
•The country of Italy also includes the islands
of Sicily and Sardinia.

4. History of Italy
•Roman Empire declined and “fell” in the fifth centur y Italy was the target of
several invasions, and the previously united region broke apart.
. Italy, and its smaller states, also went through stages of foreign domination
. A war between Austria and France in 1859 allowed several small states to
merge with Piedmont;
•Modern Italy is democratic republic, and has been since the modern
constitution came into effect in 1948.
• This followed a referendum in 1946 which voted to abolish the previous
monarchy by twelve million votes to ten.

5. Italian Culture
• Carnivale di Venezia,
In vanice
Two week party in early spring.
• La Macchina di Santa Rosa
City of viterbo
September 3
Thanks to Santa Maria Rose
•Ferragosto
Italian summer holiday
Traditionally, it was simply a period of relaxation.
Modern Italians typically celebrate it as a national
holiday on August 15 (they only get one day off
these days)

9. Italian customs
Greetings in Italy
•When you’re introduced to an Italian,
you should say ‘good day’
(buongiorno)
• shake hands (a single pump is
enough).
•
•‘Hello’ (ciao) is used among close
friends and young people

10. Kissing in Italy
•Italian families and friends usually kiss when they
meet, irrespective of their sex.
•If a lady expects you to kiss her, she offers her
cheek
•never on the mouth (except between lovers!) and
isn’t usually really a kiss,

11. Language & dialect
•The Tuscan of Florence (la lingua fiorentina) - as a
standard literary language
•The first grammar of Italian with the Latin
title Regule lingue florentine (Rules of the Florentine
language).
•During the 15th and 16th centuries both Latin and
Italian were used for technical and scientific texts.

12. Sample text in Italian
•Tutti gli esseri umani nascono liberi ed
eguali in dignità e diritti. Essi sono dotati
di ragione e di coscienza e devono agire
gli uni verso gli altri in spirito di
fratellanza.
Translation
•All human beings are born free and equal
in dignity and rights. They are endowed
with reason and conscience and should
act towards one another in a spirit of
brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights)

13. Famous Foods from Italy
• 1. Pizza
These colors represent the Italian flag colors and
legend says this pizza was served to Queen
Margherita of Savoy.

14. • 2. Gelato
• Gelato is Italy's version of ice cream. It contains many
of the same ingredients as other frozen dairy
desserts, but has a lower butterfat and sugar
content.

15. 3. Tiramisu
Tiramisu is a popular dessert found
on nearly every Italian restaurant
menu in the United States. It is
made of biscuits soaked in coffee
with layers of whipped
mascarpone and egg yolks. It also
contains cocoa and liquor flavors.

16. • 4. Mozzarella
• - Mozzarella di Bufala (buffalo mozzarella) - made
from water buffalo milk
- Mozzarella fior di latte - made from fresh cow's milk
(may or may not be pasteurized)

17. Speciality
• Amazing beache
• Amazing architecture

18. Famous beaches
Goloritzè

19. Cala Mariolu

20. Cala Luna

21. Famous architecture
colosseum
•The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as
the Flavian Amphitheatre is an elliptical
amphitheatre in the centre of the city of
Rome, Italy.

22. The Roman Forum
The Roman Forum is a rectangular
forum surrounded by the ruins of
several important ancient
government buildings at the center
of the city of Rome

23. Grand canal
The Grand Canal is a canal in Venice,
Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic
corridors in the city.Public
transport is provided by water buses
and private water taxis, and many
tourists explore the canal by gondola