United In Diversity

Currency (Euro)

• Italy and Spain use the Euro.• Italians have used it since 1st january 1999.• Whereas Spain has used it since January 1

2002.

POLAND

• The zloty is a traditional Polish currency.• It dates back to the Middle Ages.• Zloty means golden.

Lithuania

• The Lithuanian litas is the currency unit of Lithuania.

• The litas was first introduced on 2 October 1922 after World War II, when Lithuania declared independence and was reintroduced on 25 June 1993,

ROMANIA

• The Leu is the currency unit of Romania• It was first adopted in 1867.• In 2005 the so called fourth Leu was

introduced.

TURKEY

• The Turkish Lira is the currency of Turkey.• It has been used since 1844.

BULGARY

• The lev is the currency of Bulgary.• The lev was introduced as Bulgaria’s currency

in 1881.

Landscape

• All these countries have a diverse landscape consisting of uplands and lowlands, countryside and towns and cities

• You can enjoy hilly landscapes in all of them, beaches in Italy and Spain, lakes in Lithuania, breathtaking monasteries in Romania and Bulgary, ancient Salt Mines in Poland, and Bosforo in Turkey.

• We all have important monuments to see:• Bulgaria- Alexander Nevsky cathedral• Italia- The Pantheon• Lithuania-Trakkai palace• Roumania- Orthodox Cathedral • Poland- Wroclaw Cathedral• Turkey: blue mosque• Spain- El Palacio Real

Bulgaria- Alexander Nevsky cathedral

Italia- The Pantheon

Lithuania- Trakkai palace

Roumania- orthodox cathedral

Poland- wroclaw cathedral

Blue mosque

Spain- Real Palace

Religion

• On the one hand Italy Spain Lithuania and Poland are Catholic whereas on the other hand Bulgaria and Rumania are orthodox and Turkey is an Islamic country.

Languages• All this countries have different languages.• Italians speak a good Italian which is very

similar to Spanish and to Romanian.• Why? because these languages come from

Latin• You Poles speak Polish, but if you want to stay

in Lithuania you must learn Lithuanian and go to Turkey to learn Turkish.

• All these countries use Latin alphabet.

Languages

• But Bulgarian prefer to use Cyrillic alphabet• .

Politics

• Romania is a unitary presidential republic whereas Bulgaria is an unitary parlamentary republic

• Turkey is a parliamentary constitutional republic

• Lithuania is a parliamentary republic as Poland• Italy is an unitary parlamentary constitutional

republic

politics

• On the other hand Spain is the only one which is not a republic.

• Spain is an unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

• Where the king is Juan Carlos l• The prime minister is Mariano Rajoy