Italy

By Emily Foster

Rome

• The Capital of Italy• Romantic Place for a

honey-moon• Favorite destination

for a holiday• “City of Fashion”

                   Vatican City

-Smallest Country in the world. -The Vatican City has its own post office - Own Passports

Food

• Famous for Pizza • Wine• Pasta

Religion

Mostly..• Christian• Catholic

Old Clothing

• Long Dress• Veil• Dark• Thick

Modern Clothing

 • Very designer• Very Similar to ours• Girls mostly wear

dresses 

 

                       Weather

January: Very cold. January 29, 30, and 31 are known as giornate della merla (days of the black bird) They are the coldest days of the year.February: Still very cold.March: Still cold. Often windy and rainy.April: Weather starts to get warmer.May: Hot but not too hot.June: Like may but toward the end of the month temp. may increase intensely.July and August: Too hot for comfortSeptember: Temp. starts to drop.October: Colder weather with the sun.November: Colder but mostly rainy.December: The Cold weather is back. 

                        Flag

- Colors, Red,White, and Green- Has been used since June 19, 1946 - Very simple

                       Fruits

-Tomatoes-Grapes-Olives-Figs-Lemons

                        Animals

-mufloni (wild goats)-Parnassus Apollo(rare butterflies)-Black woodpecker -Bonelli eagle 

                          Placement

-looks like a boot-boarders are France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia. 

                      Population

-60,418,711 people-6th most populated country in europe.

                        Currency

-Colorfull-Paper-Euro-500,200,50,20,10,5

Alyssa Milano

-Parents came from Italy -Popular actress -Retired singer

Random Facts

-The name Italy comes from the word "italia" which means calf land. -Almost 4/5ths of italy is mountianous or hilly. -The Italian wolf is Italys unoffical national animal

                      Bibliography

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