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The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green white and red with the green at the hoist side Its current form has been in use since 19 June 1946 and was formally adopted on 1 January 1948

The politics of Italy is conducted through a parliamentary democratic republic with a multi-party system Italy has been a democratic republic since June 2 1946 when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum

The official language of Italy is the Italian language a descendant of theTuscan dialect and a direct descendant of Latin but several regional languages are also spoken to varying degrees Other non-indigenous languages are spoken by a substantial percentage of the population due to immigration

Italian euro coins have a design unique to each denomination though there is a common theme of famous Italian works of art from one of Italys renowned artists Each coin is designed by a different designer There are no Italian euro coins dated earlier than 2002 even though they were certainly minted earlier as they were first distributed to the public in December 2001

The Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe stretching approximately 1200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east Switzerland Liechtenstein Germany and France to the west and Italy and Monaco to the south

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending 1200 km (750 mi) along the length of peninsular Italy

Lake Garda is the largest lake in ItalyIt is a popular holiday destination located in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Sirmione Limone and Desenzano already known by the Romans as thermal baths

Lake Como is located in the Lombardy region in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Cernobbio with itrsquos charming villas and the picturesque BellagioThe beauty of the Lake Como has inspired same important poets such as Manzoni and Stendhal

The river flows through many important Italian cities including TurinPiacenza and Ferrara It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli which Leonardo da Vinci helped

design

The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the

sea at Ostia

TIBER PO

ARNO

The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines and initially takes a southward curve The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing throughFlorence Empoli and Pisa flowing into

the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa

Gran Paradiso National Park (4061 m) is a mountain in the Alps and the main massif of the same name The summit is totally in Valle dAosta although the southern section of its massive extends up in Piedmont

ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK

The National Park of Abruzzo Lazio and Molise is located for the most part in the province of LAquila in the Abruzzo and in Lazio and in Molise

Stelvio National Park is a national park in the north-east ofItaly founded in 1935

The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions Trentino-Alto

AdigeSuumldtirol and Lombardia in 24 municipalities

Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park the Parco naturale provinciale dellAdamello-Brenta and the Parco regionale dellAdamello Together these parks comprise 400000 hectares (1500 sq mi) of protected natural environment The park includes an

extensive territory of valleys and high mountains ranging from 650 metres (2130 ft) to 3900 m

(12800 ft) in height

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf ofNaples Italy about 9 kilometres (56 mi) eastof Naples and a short distance from the shore It is oneof several volcanoes which form the Campanianvolcanic arc Vesuvius consists of a large cone partiallyencircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera causedby the collapse of an earlier and originally much higherstructure Its height is 1281 metres

Stromboli

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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Page 2: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green white and red with the green at the hoist side Its current form has been in use since 19 June 1946 and was formally adopted on 1 January 1948

The politics of Italy is conducted through a parliamentary democratic republic with a multi-party system Italy has been a democratic republic since June 2 1946 when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum

The official language of Italy is the Italian language a descendant of theTuscan dialect and a direct descendant of Latin but several regional languages are also spoken to varying degrees Other non-indigenous languages are spoken by a substantial percentage of the population due to immigration

Italian euro coins have a design unique to each denomination though there is a common theme of famous Italian works of art from one of Italys renowned artists Each coin is designed by a different designer There are no Italian euro coins dated earlier than 2002 even though they were certainly minted earlier as they were first distributed to the public in December 2001

The Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe stretching approximately 1200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east Switzerland Liechtenstein Germany and France to the west and Italy and Monaco to the south

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending 1200 km (750 mi) along the length of peninsular Italy

Lake Garda is the largest lake in ItalyIt is a popular holiday destination located in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Sirmione Limone and Desenzano already known by the Romans as thermal baths

Lake Como is located in the Lombardy region in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Cernobbio with itrsquos charming villas and the picturesque BellagioThe beauty of the Lake Como has inspired same important poets such as Manzoni and Stendhal

The river flows through many important Italian cities including TurinPiacenza and Ferrara It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli which Leonardo da Vinci helped

design

The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the

sea at Ostia

TIBER PO

ARNO

The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines and initially takes a southward curve The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing throughFlorence Empoli and Pisa flowing into

the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa

Gran Paradiso National Park (4061 m) is a mountain in the Alps and the main massif of the same name The summit is totally in Valle dAosta although the southern section of its massive extends up in Piedmont

ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK

The National Park of Abruzzo Lazio and Molise is located for the most part in the province of LAquila in the Abruzzo and in Lazio and in Molise

Stelvio National Park is a national park in the north-east ofItaly founded in 1935

The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions Trentino-Alto

AdigeSuumldtirol and Lombardia in 24 municipalities

Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park the Parco naturale provinciale dellAdamello-Brenta and the Parco regionale dellAdamello Together these parks comprise 400000 hectares (1500 sq mi) of protected natural environment The park includes an

extensive territory of valleys and high mountains ranging from 650 metres (2130 ft) to 3900 m

(12800 ft) in height

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf ofNaples Italy about 9 kilometres (56 mi) eastof Naples and a short distance from the shore It is oneof several volcanoes which form the Campanianvolcanic arc Vesuvius consists of a large cone partiallyencircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera causedby the collapse of an earlier and originally much higherstructure Its height is 1281 metres

Stromboli

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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Page 3: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

The official language of Italy is the Italian language a descendant of theTuscan dialect and a direct descendant of Latin but several regional languages are also spoken to varying degrees Other non-indigenous languages are spoken by a substantial percentage of the population due to immigration

Italian euro coins have a design unique to each denomination though there is a common theme of famous Italian works of art from one of Italys renowned artists Each coin is designed by a different designer There are no Italian euro coins dated earlier than 2002 even though they were certainly minted earlier as they were first distributed to the public in December 2001

The Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe stretching approximately 1200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east Switzerland Liechtenstein Germany and France to the west and Italy and Monaco to the south

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending 1200 km (750 mi) along the length of peninsular Italy

Lake Garda is the largest lake in ItalyIt is a popular holiday destination located in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Sirmione Limone and Desenzano already known by the Romans as thermal baths

Lake Como is located in the Lombardy region in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Cernobbio with itrsquos charming villas and the picturesque BellagioThe beauty of the Lake Como has inspired same important poets such as Manzoni and Stendhal

The river flows through many important Italian cities including TurinPiacenza and Ferrara It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli which Leonardo da Vinci helped

design

The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the

sea at Ostia

TIBER PO

ARNO

The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines and initially takes a southward curve The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing throughFlorence Empoli and Pisa flowing into

the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa

Gran Paradiso National Park (4061 m) is a mountain in the Alps and the main massif of the same name The summit is totally in Valle dAosta although the southern section of its massive extends up in Piedmont

ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK

The National Park of Abruzzo Lazio and Molise is located for the most part in the province of LAquila in the Abruzzo and in Lazio and in Molise

Stelvio National Park is a national park in the north-east ofItaly founded in 1935

The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions Trentino-Alto

AdigeSuumldtirol and Lombardia in 24 municipalities

Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park the Parco naturale provinciale dellAdamello-Brenta and the Parco regionale dellAdamello Together these parks comprise 400000 hectares (1500 sq mi) of protected natural environment The park includes an

extensive territory of valleys and high mountains ranging from 650 metres (2130 ft) to 3900 m

(12800 ft) in height

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf ofNaples Italy about 9 kilometres (56 mi) eastof Naples and a short distance from the shore It is oneof several volcanoes which form the Campanianvolcanic arc Vesuvius consists of a large cone partiallyencircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera causedby the collapse of an earlier and originally much higherstructure Its height is 1281 metres

Stromboli

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 4: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

The Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe stretching approximately 1200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east Switzerland Liechtenstein Germany and France to the west and Italy and Monaco to the south

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending 1200 km (750 mi) along the length of peninsular Italy

Lake Garda is the largest lake in ItalyIt is a popular holiday destination located in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Sirmione Limone and Desenzano already known by the Romans as thermal baths

Lake Como is located in the Lombardy region in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Cernobbio with itrsquos charming villas and the picturesque BellagioThe beauty of the Lake Como has inspired same important poets such as Manzoni and Stendhal

The river flows through many important Italian cities including TurinPiacenza and Ferrara It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli which Leonardo da Vinci helped

design

The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the

sea at Ostia

TIBER PO

ARNO

The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines and initially takes a southward curve The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing throughFlorence Empoli and Pisa flowing into

the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa

Gran Paradiso National Park (4061 m) is a mountain in the Alps and the main massif of the same name The summit is totally in Valle dAosta although the southern section of its massive extends up in Piedmont

ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK

The National Park of Abruzzo Lazio and Molise is located for the most part in the province of LAquila in the Abruzzo and in Lazio and in Molise

Stelvio National Park is a national park in the north-east ofItaly founded in 1935

The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions Trentino-Alto

AdigeSuumldtirol and Lombardia in 24 municipalities

Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park the Parco naturale provinciale dellAdamello-Brenta and the Parco regionale dellAdamello Together these parks comprise 400000 hectares (1500 sq mi) of protected natural environment The park includes an

extensive territory of valleys and high mountains ranging from 650 metres (2130 ft) to 3900 m

(12800 ft) in height

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf ofNaples Italy about 9 kilometres (56 mi) eastof Naples and a short distance from the shore It is oneof several volcanoes which form the Campanianvolcanic arc Vesuvius consists of a large cone partiallyencircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera causedby the collapse of an earlier and originally much higherstructure Its height is 1281 metres

Stromboli

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 5: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending 1200 km (750 mi) along the length of peninsular Italy

Lake Garda is the largest lake in ItalyIt is a popular holiday destination located in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Sirmione Limone and Desenzano already known by the Romans as thermal baths

Lake Como is located in the Lombardy region in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Cernobbio with itrsquos charming villas and the picturesque BellagioThe beauty of the Lake Como has inspired same important poets such as Manzoni and Stendhal

The river flows through many important Italian cities including TurinPiacenza and Ferrara It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli which Leonardo da Vinci helped

design

The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the

sea at Ostia

TIBER PO

ARNO

The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines and initially takes a southward curve The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing throughFlorence Empoli and Pisa flowing into

the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa

Gran Paradiso National Park (4061 m) is a mountain in the Alps and the main massif of the same name The summit is totally in Valle dAosta although the southern section of its massive extends up in Piedmont

ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK

The National Park of Abruzzo Lazio and Molise is located for the most part in the province of LAquila in the Abruzzo and in Lazio and in Molise

Stelvio National Park is a national park in the north-east ofItaly founded in 1935

The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions Trentino-Alto

AdigeSuumldtirol and Lombardia in 24 municipalities

Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park the Parco naturale provinciale dellAdamello-Brenta and the Parco regionale dellAdamello Together these parks comprise 400000 hectares (1500 sq mi) of protected natural environment The park includes an

extensive territory of valleys and high mountains ranging from 650 metres (2130 ft) to 3900 m

(12800 ft) in height

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf ofNaples Italy about 9 kilometres (56 mi) eastof Naples and a short distance from the shore It is oneof several volcanoes which form the Campanianvolcanic arc Vesuvius consists of a large cone partiallyencircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera causedby the collapse of an earlier and originally much higherstructure Its height is 1281 metres

Stromboli

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 6: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

Lake Garda is the largest lake in ItalyIt is a popular holiday destination located in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Sirmione Limone and Desenzano already known by the Romans as thermal baths

Lake Como is located in the Lombardy region in northern ItalyThe most famous locations near the lake are Cernobbio with itrsquos charming villas and the picturesque BellagioThe beauty of the Lake Como has inspired same important poets such as Manzoni and Stendhal

The river flows through many important Italian cities including TurinPiacenza and Ferrara It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli which Leonardo da Vinci helped

design

The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the

sea at Ostia

TIBER PO

ARNO

The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines and initially takes a southward curve The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing throughFlorence Empoli and Pisa flowing into

the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa

Gran Paradiso National Park (4061 m) is a mountain in the Alps and the main massif of the same name The summit is totally in Valle dAosta although the southern section of its massive extends up in Piedmont

ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK

The National Park of Abruzzo Lazio and Molise is located for the most part in the province of LAquila in the Abruzzo and in Lazio and in Molise

Stelvio National Park is a national park in the north-east ofItaly founded in 1935

The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions Trentino-Alto

AdigeSuumldtirol and Lombardia in 24 municipalities

Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park the Parco naturale provinciale dellAdamello-Brenta and the Parco regionale dellAdamello Together these parks comprise 400000 hectares (1500 sq mi) of protected natural environment The park includes an

extensive territory of valleys and high mountains ranging from 650 metres (2130 ft) to 3900 m

(12800 ft) in height

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf ofNaples Italy about 9 kilometres (56 mi) eastof Naples and a short distance from the shore It is oneof several volcanoes which form the Campanianvolcanic arc Vesuvius consists of a large cone partiallyencircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera causedby the collapse of an earlier and originally much higherstructure Its height is 1281 metres

Stromboli

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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The river flows through many important Italian cities including TurinPiacenza and Ferrara It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli which Leonardo da Vinci helped

design

The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the

sea at Ostia

TIBER PO

ARNO

The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines and initially takes a southward curve The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing throughFlorence Empoli and Pisa flowing into

the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa

Gran Paradiso National Park (4061 m) is a mountain in the Alps and the main massif of the same name The summit is totally in Valle dAosta although the southern section of its massive extends up in Piedmont

ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK

The National Park of Abruzzo Lazio and Molise is located for the most part in the province of LAquila in the Abruzzo and in Lazio and in Molise

Stelvio National Park is a national park in the north-east ofItaly founded in 1935

The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions Trentino-Alto

AdigeSuumldtirol and Lombardia in 24 municipalities

Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park the Parco naturale provinciale dellAdamello-Brenta and the Parco regionale dellAdamello Together these parks comprise 400000 hectares (1500 sq mi) of protected natural environment The park includes an

extensive territory of valleys and high mountains ranging from 650 metres (2130 ft) to 3900 m

(12800 ft) in height

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf ofNaples Italy about 9 kilometres (56 mi) eastof Naples and a short distance from the shore It is oneof several volcanoes which form the Campanianvolcanic arc Vesuvius consists of a large cone partiallyencircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera causedby the collapse of an earlier and originally much higherstructure Its height is 1281 metres

Stromboli

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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Page 8: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

Gran Paradiso National Park (4061 m) is a mountain in the Alps and the main massif of the same name The summit is totally in Valle dAosta although the southern section of its massive extends up in Piedmont

ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK

The National Park of Abruzzo Lazio and Molise is located for the most part in the province of LAquila in the Abruzzo and in Lazio and in Molise

Stelvio National Park is a national park in the north-east ofItaly founded in 1935

The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions Trentino-Alto

AdigeSuumldtirol and Lombardia in 24 municipalities

Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park the Parco naturale provinciale dellAdamello-Brenta and the Parco regionale dellAdamello Together these parks comprise 400000 hectares (1500 sq mi) of protected natural environment The park includes an

extensive territory of valleys and high mountains ranging from 650 metres (2130 ft) to 3900 m

(12800 ft) in height

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf ofNaples Italy about 9 kilometres (56 mi) eastof Naples and a short distance from the shore It is oneof several volcanoes which form the Campanianvolcanic arc Vesuvius consists of a large cone partiallyencircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera causedby the collapse of an earlier and originally much higherstructure Its height is 1281 metres

Stromboli

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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Page 9: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK

The National Park of Abruzzo Lazio and Molise is located for the most part in the province of LAquila in the Abruzzo and in Lazio and in Molise

Stelvio National Park is a national park in the north-east ofItaly founded in 1935

The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions Trentino-Alto

AdigeSuumldtirol and Lombardia in 24 municipalities

Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park the Parco naturale provinciale dellAdamello-Brenta and the Parco regionale dellAdamello Together these parks comprise 400000 hectares (1500 sq mi) of protected natural environment The park includes an

extensive territory of valleys and high mountains ranging from 650 metres (2130 ft) to 3900 m

(12800 ft) in height

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf ofNaples Italy about 9 kilometres (56 mi) eastof Naples and a short distance from the shore It is oneof several volcanoes which form the Campanianvolcanic arc Vesuvius consists of a large cone partiallyencircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera causedby the collapse of an earlier and originally much higherstructure Its height is 1281 metres

Stromboli

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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Page 10: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

Stelvio National Park is a national park in the north-east ofItaly founded in 1935

The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions Trentino-Alto

AdigeSuumldtirol and Lombardia in 24 municipalities

Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park the Parco naturale provinciale dellAdamello-Brenta and the Parco regionale dellAdamello Together these parks comprise 400000 hectares (1500 sq mi) of protected natural environment The park includes an

extensive territory of valleys and high mountains ranging from 650 metres (2130 ft) to 3900 m

(12800 ft) in height

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf ofNaples Italy about 9 kilometres (56 mi) eastof Naples and a short distance from the shore It is oneof several volcanoes which form the Campanianvolcanic arc Vesuvius consists of a large cone partiallyencircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera causedby the collapse of an earlier and originally much higherstructure Its height is 1281 metres

Stromboli

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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Page 11: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf ofNaples Italy about 9 kilometres (56 mi) eastof Naples and a short distance from the shore It is oneof several volcanoes which form the Campanianvolcanic arc Vesuvius consists of a large cone partiallyencircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera causedby the collapse of an earlier and originally much higherstructure Its height is 1281 metres

Stromboli

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 12: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world Its the capital of Italy and it was one of the centre of the ancient history There are many remains of the Roman empire like the Coliseum the Mausoleo of Adriano the acqueduct and the imperial holes (fori imperiali) Rome is wonderful especially when you go around or when you watch from afar the light that beam the downtown in the night Its a city much visited but I never want to live here its densely populated and there is more traffic than the little town I favourite stay in a village where you can be quiet and you can live peaceful

ROME

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 13: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

FashionView of the city

The city of Milano the second Italian city by population in the last century has stabilized its role of economic productivity becoming the largest financial market in Italian is also one of the worlds fashion capitals of industrial design and one of the most important Italian universities In the cultural center of the city is the Italian publishing and is at the top of the world music circuit for the opera season of the Teatro alla Scala

La Scala theatreThe Dome

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 14: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

Naples is the capital of Campania Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 15: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy capital of the Piedmont region located mainly on the left bank of the Po River in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 16: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there and thanks to them thousands of tourists choose Florence for their holidays Florence signifies abundance or wealth during the middle-age thanks to the Medici family it became an important economic cultural and artistic city The artistic patrimony of Florence is among the most important ones of the world

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 17: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

VENICE

Rialto bridge

Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice The Piazza is dominated by the great Church of St Mark

St Markrsquos church

VENICE is a city in north eastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting its architecture and its artworks The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site along with its lagoonVenice is the capital of the Veneto region

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 18: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

The city is noted for its history culture architecture and gastronomy playing an important role throughout much of its existence it is over 2700 years old Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 19: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna region in northem Italy It is the name of the most ancient European University and it is called laquola Dottaraquo ( the Learned)The symbols of Bologna are itrsquos two towers (the Asinelli tower and the Garisnda tower) that represent the most powerful families of Bologna

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 20: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites It is the country that has more world heritage sites

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Slide 28
  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 21: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

T I V O L I Villa Adriana (at Tivoli near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt Greece and Rome in the form of an ideal city

Historical DescriptionOn 9th September 1550 Cardinal Ippolito II dEste (1509- 72) arrived in Tivoli having obtained the post of governor of the town The Cardinal came from the cultured background of the Court of Ferrara and had immersed himself in humanist studies He was therefore an erudite and cultivated art patron who was surrounded by famous artists painters (Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Muziano Federico Zuccari Livio Agresti etc) silversmiths and goldsmiths (Benvenuto Cellini) musicians (Palestrina) and poets (Tasso Ariosto)

THE VILLA DrsquoESTE

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • Slide 3
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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 22: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

CASERTA ROYAL PALACE

The Royal Palace of Caserta is a historical mansion that belonged to the royal house of the Bourbons of Naples in the XVIII century

MATERA AND ITS STONES

The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK
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  • CASERTA ROYAL PALACE
  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera are an exceptional testimony of a civilization from prehistoric times The first inhabitants of the region lived in underground dwellings

View of the city

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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Page 24: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

Pompei has ancient origins as those of Rome a migration of people from the Sarno Valley descendants of the legendary Pelasgians formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius

The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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The Imperial Fora consists of a series of monuments built over a century and a half ago in the heart by the emperors of the city of Rome

The Colosseum originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest amphitheatre in the world It is located in the city centre of Rome It can contain a number of spectators estimated at between 50000 and 80000 units and it is the most imposing monument of ancient Rome It is known worldwide as a symbol of the city of Rome and Italy

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 26: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

The State of the Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state in Europe In particular it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (044 km sup2) but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 is Jorge Mario Bergoglio reigning pope under the name of Francis

VATICAN FLAG

VATICAN GARDENS

VATICAN MUSEUM

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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  • MATERA AND ITS STONES
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )
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Page 27: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

St Peterrsquos church in the Vatican is a Catholic basilica of the Vatican City in the monumental St Peters SquareIt is the largest of the four papal basilicas of Rome often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism

PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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PISA

THE SQUARE

THE FAMOUS TOWER

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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Page 29: The flag of Italy is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white, and red, with the green at the hoist side. Its current.

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 ndash Amboise 1512 )

Painter architect sculptor inventor misician

Giotto portrait He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting He painted realistic scenes expressing deep feelings

Michelangelo portrait He is one of the most important artist of the italian Renaissance

VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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VOLLEYBALLFENCING

JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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JUVENTUSJuventus Football Club SpA pronounced commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin Piedmont

Societagrave Sportiva Lazio commonly referred to as Lazio is a professional Italian sports club based in Rome most known for its football activity

Associazione Sportiva Roma commonly referred to as simply Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome

Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciationcommonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan is a professional Italian football club based in Milan Lombardy

Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age and is divided into five stages kindergarten primary school lower secondary school upper secondary school and university Italy has both public and private education systems

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Dracula 2Festival di Cannes 2009 THE MOST FASCINATING ITALIAN

ACTOR IN THE WORLD

MONICA BELLUCCI

LAURA PAUSINI

LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

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LAURA

PAUSINILaura Pausini born 16 May

1974 is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record

producer She debuted in 1993 winning the newcomer

artists section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with

the song La solitudine which became an Italian

standard and an international hit

Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-

songwriter Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries and throughout the Spanish-

speaking world as he has released most of his albums in

both Italian and Spanish

Andrea Angel Bocelli) is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter Born

with poor eyesight he became blind at the age of twelve following

a football accident

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