Italy is located in Europe and has a diverse landscape that includes mountains, plains, seas, lakes, rivers, and islands. Some major Italian cities are Rome, Milan, Turin, Venice, and Naples. Italy has a rich culture with renowned art, food, textiles, mechanics, and cars like Ferrari, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, and Lamborghini. Milan is Italy's economic capital and home to the important fashion industry. Italy has a school system that includes nursery, primary, secondary, and university education with vocational and technical schools.

1. ITALY IN EUROPE

2. ITALY

3. Mountains Plains Seas Lakes and Rivers Islands What Italy offers:

4. Some Italian Cities: Rome: Colosseo Milan: Dome Rome:Fontana di Trevi Florence: Dome

5. Rome

6. Milan

7. Turin

8. Venice

9. Naples

10. Sicily Agrigento: Valle dei Templi Catania: Etna Etna erupting

11. Art and Culture:

12. Italian food :

13. Textiles:

14. Mechanics

15. Italian Cars:

16. Some of the most important Italian Car BRANDS: Ferrari Fiat Alfa Romeo Maserati Lamborghini Lancia

19. Milan is the Italian Business Capital It’s number 13 in the world wide ranking.

20. Main characteristics: Complex variety of business activities Wealth Presence of Italian and Foreign banks

21. Small family run business activities together with a number of slightly larger ones.

22. 69 % Tertiary Sector 2 % Primary Sector

23. MILAN: The Italian Fashion Capital The most important event is the “Fashion Week”

24. Milan is located in Northern Italy: In Mid-West Lombardia

25. THE ITALIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

26. Non-Compulsory Nursery School (from 2 to 5 years old) Primary School (from 6 to 11 years old) Secondary Education Medie Inferiori Medie Superiori Exam Lycee Istituti Professionali (Vocational Schools) Istituiti Tecnici (Technical Schools) Classical Scientific Linguistic Artistic

27. Lycee Istituti Professionali (vocational schools) Istituiti Tecnici (technical schools) Esame di Stato (Final Exam) Join the work force University

28. ISTITUTO SUPERIORE CARLO DELL'ACQUA Our school

29. COURSES OF STUDY

30. The IGEA course students become specialized in administration business management and book-keeping and they usually find a job in Accontants offices and in International Companies.

31. … and they can find jobs in the public sector and in architectural offices. “ Project 5” At the end of this course students become “engineers” specialized in urban planning, CAD, building construction…

32. Students attending the course in marketing and accountancy specialize in marketing strategies and economics, they can easily find a job in import- export companies.

33. The “Leonardo project” foresees the acquisition of an immense basic knowledge useful for forming artistic personality and adaptable spirit… … developing and re-enforcing natural skills in drawing, in design, in thought and writing.

34. ITALY