Italy and the Italian culture

An introduction
Map of Italy
Rome
• with nearly 3,000 years of
rich history, Rome is often
called the “Eternal City”
• over 2.7 million residents
• founded by the twins
Romulus and Remus on 21
April 753 BC
• Rome’s first university, La
Sapienza, is the largest in
Europe and the second
largest in the world
• attractions: the Colosseum,
Trevi fountain, St. Peter’s
Basilica
 Italian culture
Italian cuisine

• La pizza – in 1889 a
Neapolitan chef created
"Pizza Margherita”
• La pasta – hundreds of
types: gnocchi, tortellini,
farfalle, penne, fusilli, etc.
• Tiramisu – one of the most
popular Italian cakes
• Coffee
 Italian fashion

Milan – capital of fashion

Most popular brands:

Giorgio Armani
Donatella Versace
Roberto Cavalli
Laura Biagiotti
Nina Ricci
 Italian music

• opera is integral to Italian

musical culture
• The Neapolitan song,
canzone Napoletana, is a
popular domestic style
• Classical music: Rossini,
Verdi, Paganini
• Contemporary music: Eros
Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini,
Andrea Bocelli
• Il festival di San Remo
• Italian Art
• in Ancient Rome Italy was
a centre for art and
architecture
• Italian Renaissance
• Florence is a well known
city in Italy for its
museums of art
• Italy is believed to contain
over 70% of the world's
art and arhitecture
• Important museums:
Accademia, Uffizi,
Accademia de Belle Arti
Firenze
 Il Calcio

• most popular sport in Italy

• la squadra azzura
• have won the Football
World Cup four times (1934,
1938, 1982, and 2006)
• most important clubs: AC
Milan, Juventus, Roma,
Internazionale Milano.
 The Italians
• Eat a lot of pasta
• Are in the Mafia
• Dress well
• Think are the hottest
• Talk exuberantly, loudly, and with hand gestures
• Bad at languages
• Italian men are momma’s boys
 Fun facts
• The famous children’s story, Pinocchio,
was written by an Italian.
• Italy is the fourth most visited country in
the world
• The Italians invented the viol, violin,
cello and piano
• Each Italian consumes in average 25kg
of pasta each year