ITALY
By Thomas Kingsford-Dowd
CONTENTS Map
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Facts about Italy
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Food
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Famous Italians
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Language
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Map of Italy • Click to edit Master text styles – Second level – Third level • Fourth level – Fifth level
Facts about Italy • Pizza was invented in Naples around 1860s. • Italy borders Austria, France, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, and Switzerland. • The famous children's story, Pinocchio, was written by an Italian. • The piano was invented in Italy. • The average Italian eats 25 kilograms of pasta a year. • A Vespa is an Italian-made motor scooter.
Food Italian food is very famous. Famous food like pizza and pasta. A very well known food that Italians invented is ice cream.
2 Famous Italians Leonardo da Vinci What he was famous for: He was a painter, an architect, an inventor and a philosopher. Christopher Columbus What he was famous for: He was the first European to discover Mexico.
Language Some famous Italian words that you may know are; Ciao = hello Arrivederci = goodbye Vespa = wasp Gelato = ice cream Pomodoro = tomato
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