ITALY
Italy, officially the
Italian Republic, is
a unitary
parliamentary
republic in Southern
Europe. To the
north, it borders
France,
Switzerland,
Austria, and
Slovenia along the
Alps
President of the
Republic: Giorgio
Napolitano
ITALY
Capital: Rome
Dialing code: 39
Government:
Parliamentary
republic, Unitary
state,
Constitutional
republic
Official
language: Italian
Language
Population:
60,770,000
(2011)
Italian emblem
The main feature is a white,
red
bordered
star.
This
comes from the previous
kingdom's arms, even if it
was upside down there, i.e.
with
a
tip
pointing
downwards. That meant, and
means, Italy as a united
state.
The flag

The flag of Italy (bandiera
d'Italia, often referred to in
Italian as il Tricolore) is a
tricolour featuring three equally
sized vertical pales of green,
white, and red, with the green
at the hoist side
MOUNTAINS: There are two main mountain
ranges, the Alps and the Appenines,The
Dolomites are part of the Alps in Trenitno
region as well as the highest point Mount
Blanc at 15,770 feet.
In the picture The Mount Blanc
RIVERS: The longest river is The PO, but
there is The Tevere flowing through Rome,
The Arno in Florence
IN the picture the Po river
ROME is the capital of modern Italy and is full of
history everywhere you look: the coliseum
(Flavian Amphitheatre) , the baroque
Trevi
Fountain which was the setting for Fellini’s film
la dolce vita , Piazza Navona originally built as a
stadium , the Imperial Forum, S. Peter’s Basilica
where you can admire the Pietà a masterpiece of
Renaissance and the Sistine Chapel frescos both
by Michelangelo Buonarroti just to name a few.
FLORENCE is one of the most important
Renaissance architectural and art centers. Its
Duomo
and
Baptistery
are
magnificent.
Florence's most famous square is Piazza della
Signoria. The Galleria degli Uffizi museum holds
the world's most important collection of
Renaissance art with thousands of paintings ,
sculptures, by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Giotto,
Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Perugino and
Raphael.
MILAN, the financial and fashion capital of Italy
is one of Europe's richest cities. It creates new
trends and style thanks to creative stylists such
as Giorgio Armani, Versace, Prada, Valentino,
Trussardi, Ferrè, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana. It also
has a rich artistic and cultural heritage. Its
Duomo, with its beautiful marble facade, La
Scala one of the world's most famous opera
houses, the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie
with the painting The Last Supper by Leonardo
da Vinci.
NAPLES is one of Italy's most vibrant cities,
famous for pizza, mandolin, Neapolitan songs
and Vesuvio(volcano). Monuments worth a visit
are the church of Santa Chiara and Castel Novo.
Not too far there are the archeological sites of
Pompei and Herculanum.
VENICE is a unique city built on water in the
middle of a lagoon. The heart of Venice is
Piazza San Marco with its magnificent
church.
BOLOGNA is known for its beauty, wealth,
cuisine, and left-wing politics. It has one of
Europe's oldest universities .
Calabria is a region in southern Italy,
located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula.
It is bounded to the north by the region of
Basilicata, to the south-west by the region
of Sicily, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea,
and to the east by the Ionian Sea.
The region covers 15,079 km2 and has a
population of just over 2 million. It is a
fascinating fusion of hundreds of miles of
wonderful
coastline
with
hinterland
mountains, as the imposing Pollino chain in
the North, the Sila forested plateau in the
centre and the Serre and Aspromonte chains
in the South
.
SCILLA in the picture
Reggio Calabria, on the strait between the
mainland and Sicily, the largest and oldest
city in Calabria, renowned for its panoramic
seaside with botanical gardens
and the great National Museum of Magna
Grecia where the famous Riace bronzes
(Bronzi di Riace) are located.
Sybaris, on the Ionian sea, a picturesque
village situated near the excavation of
ancient Sybaris, a Greek colony of the 7th
century BC. Sybaris lay a short distance
from the sea, between the rivers Crathis
(Crati) and Sybaris (Coscile). It rose rapidly
to great prosperity, thanks to the fertility of
the plain in which it was situated.
Civita (Arbërisht: Çifti) is a hilltown and
comune in the province of Cosenza. Facing
the Ionian Sea, it is part of the Pollino
National Park. It was founded in the 15th
century by Albanian refugees from the
Ottoman invasion. The Civitesi are in fact
still part of an ethnic minority (Arbëreshë)
officially recognized by the Italian laws.
TREBISACCE is situated on the North-East
coast of the Ionian sea , precisely in the
Northern part of the Sybaris Plains. The
word Trebisacce comes from the Byzantine
language Trapezàkion “small table” and it is
evident the historical reference
to the
tableau where the old village was built
In far-off times the territory , as the
archeological remains testify, registers the
presence of human settlements. It is of
great interest the site in Broglio area where
it has been dug out a protostoric village and
findings which date back to the Middle
Bronze Age and to the First Iron Age
Citrus orchards ( oranges and lemons) are
the main resource in agriculture sector.
There are a great number of agri-farms
which use this citrus fruit to put on the
market first quality preserved fruit. But
there are also olive groves since olive oil is
the base condiment of our diet
Another line of business is fishing. Every day
motor trawlers and fishing boats sail to
come back in the evening with the catch of
fish. The fish market of Trebisacce is a
reference point for all fishermen of the
Ionian coast line.
There are three fields of study due to the
recent reorganization of the cycles of
vocational schools in Italy : hotel course and
"services for enogastronomy and hotel
hospitality", electrical course and " services
for
the
maintenance
and
technical
assistance" chemistry-biology course and
There are three fields of study due to the
recent reorganization of the cycles of
vocational schools in Italy : hotel course and
"services for enogastronomy and hotel
hospitality", electrical course and " services
for
the
maintenance
and
technical
assistance"
chemistry-biology
course
"industrial production and craft”
"industrial production and craft” and the
social-health course
.