Miss Nayab Saddique

Second Grade Class

Location

Italy is located in southern Europe. It sticks out into the Mediterranean Sea like a boot.

Capital of Italy

• Rome is the capital of Italy and its largest city. Today, about 2,656,000 people live in Rome.

Language Of Italy

• Italian is a Romance language spoken by about 60 million people in Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, the Vatican City, Malta and Eritrea. There are also Italian speakers in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Canada, the USA and the UK.

National Dress

• The national costume of Italy has its roots in the Roman Empire. Men mainly wear black with dress shoes and loafers. Women basic garment is the stola, which is essentially a long tunic reaching to the ground. It is generally worn over another long tunic, the tunica interior.

National Flower

• In Italy, the traditional national flower is the Rose flower. Violet is considered the most popular of all the flowers. White lily on the other hand is the religious flower. Italian wolf stands out as the fauna of the Nation.

Famous Dishes

• Usually when we hear of Italy, pizza comes in our mind. Famous dishes of Italy include pizza, pasta, lasagna, minestrone soup and risotto.

Pasta

Lasagna

Minestrone Soup

Risotto

The national sport of Italy is soccer.

National Sport

Pasitano Beach

The Alps

ClimateItaly'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.

Italy's largest cities are Rome, Milan, Naples, Turin, and Palermo. Florence, Genoa, and Bologna are other important cities.

Rome, Italy

Venice, Italy

Places Worth Visiting in Italy

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea; along with surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of

Italy. Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean.

Tuscany is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.8 million

inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence

Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land masses are the island of Corsica, the Italian

Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia, the Balearic Islands and Provence.

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital

city of the Province of Pisa.

Verona is a city straddling the Adige river in Veneto, northern Italy, with approximately 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of northeast Italy.

There is a famous saying, "All roads lead to Rome." Rome is Italy's capital and its largest city. Over 2,500,000 people live there. Rome is known as "the eternal city." It is filled with some of the world's most famous buildings like the Colosseum and Trevi Fountain. If you throw a coin over your left shoulder while you have your back to the fountain, it is supposed to bring you good luck and a quick return to Rome.

Trevi FountainColoseeum

Milan is in northern Italy. About 1,300,000 people live in Milan.   Milan is home to some of the world's most famous fashion designers.  Milan is a modern city. In Milan you can find La Scala Opera House and see The Last Supper painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. You can also find Milan's Galleria. Which is a beautiful street of stores and restaurants covered by an amazing glass roof.

Galleria

La Scala Opera House

The Last Supper

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 (a volcano).

Naples, Italy

Mt. Vesuvius

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.

Florence, Italy

David by Michelangelo

Mona Lisa by da Vinci

Venice is in northeastern Italy. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is known as "the city of canals.". Today Venetians travel by motor launch to get from place to place. Visitors can still use a gondola to see the city.

Gondola Grand Canal, Venice Italy

Travel to Italy

• It takes about seven hours to fly from Pakistan to Italy. If you leave Pakistan at 9:00 a.m. in the morning you arrive in Italy at about 4:00 p.m. in the evening according to Pakistani time. Because Italy time is three hours behind Pakistan so when you reach Italy, time there will be 1:00 p.m.

Italy and Pakistan

• With its 58,090,681 people Italy is the 23rd largest country in the world by population. It is the 71st largest country by area with 301,340 square kilometers. 

Italy and Pakistan

• With its 177,276,594 people Pakistan is the 6th largest country in the world by population. It is the 36th largest country by area with 796,095 square kilometers

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