ITALY

Presentation by : Vishal

ABOUT ITALY• Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a unitary parliamentary republic in

South-Central Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea–and many other smaller islands

• Rome, the capital of Italy, has for centuries been a political and religious Centre of Western civilization as the capital of the Roman Empire.

• After the decline of the Roman Empire, Italy endured numerous invasions by foreign peoples, from Germanic tribes such as the Lombard's and Ostrogoth's, to the Byzantines and later, the Normans, among others. Centuries later, Italy became the birthplace of Maritime republics and the Renaissance.

• Modern Italy is a democratic republic. It has been ranked as the world's 24th most-developed country.

The famous 'boot-shaped' peninsula lies in central southern Europe

The country stretches over 1000 km from north to south Total area of over 300,000 sq km

Includes two large islands, Sardinia and Sicily, and many smaller ones

MAP AND GEOGRAPHY

Location:  Southern Europe, bordering Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km

Capital:   Rome

Climate:  predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south

Ethnic Make-up: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)

Religions: predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community

(begining of rome)

THE LEGEND OF ROMULUS AND REMUS

THE ROMAN EMPIRE

ITALY REGIONS

LANGUAGE

Italian is the official language of Italy, and 93% of population are native Italian speaker

Around 50% of population speak a regional dialect as mother tongue

Many dialects are mutually unintelligible and thus considered by linguists as separate languages, but are not officially recognised

FOOD

• Pizza is a popular Italian food .

• Noodles is another popular Italian food .

• Cheese is a popular Italian food .

• Italy is also famous for its desserts .

• They are famous for olive oil.

PLACES OF TOURIST INTEREST• The Colosseum• Venice• The Ancient city of Pompeii• Lake Garda • Mt. Etna• Pisa-the leaning tower• The pantheon in Rome• Vatican• Duomo

THE COLOSSEUM

• The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an elliptical amphitheater in the Centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire.

• It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.

• The Colosseum is today one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions, receiving millions of visitors annually.

VENICE• Venice is a city in northeast Italy sited

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 World Heritage Site, along with its lagoon. However, the main place in Venice is San Marco.

• Tourism has been a major sector of Venetian industry since the 18th century, when it was a major center for the Grand Tour, with its beautiful cityscape, uniqueness, and rich musical and artistic cultural heritage.

• Venice is also known as ‘City of Canals’.

THE ANCIENT CITY OF POMPEII

• The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompeii.

• Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was partially destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

• Pompeii was lost for nearly 1700 years before its rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a cityToday, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy.

Mt. Vesivius and the remains of the city….

LAKE GARDA

• Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is located in Northern Italy, about half-way between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan.

• Being easily accessible from the north via the Brenner Pass, the lake is a major tourist destination, including a number of exclusive hotels and resorts along its shore.

• The lake has numerous small islands and five main ones

MT. ETNA• Mount Etna, is an active stratovolcano on

the east coast of Sicily.• It lies above the convergent plate margin

between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is the tallest active volcano in Europe, currently standing 3,329 m

• It is the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps.

• In Greek Mythology, the deadly monster Typhon was trapped under this mountain by Zeus, the god of the sky and thunder and the forges of Hephaestus were said to also be located underneath it.

• The fertile volcanic soils support extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards spread across the lower slopes of the mountain and the broad Plain of Catania to the south.

PISA- THE LEANING TOWER

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa.Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower (the bell tower of the city's cathedral), contains more than 20 other historic churches, several palaces and various bridges across the River Arno.

THE PANTHEON IN ROME• The Pantheon , an adjective meaning

"(temple consecrated) to all gods") is a building in Rome, Italy, commissioned by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome.

• It is one of the best-preserved of all Roman buildings. It has been in continuous use throughout its history, and since the 7th century.

• The Pantheon has been used as a Roman Catholic church dedicated to "St. Mary and the Martyrs" but informally known as "Santa Maria della Rotonda.

VATICAN CITY STATE• Vatican City or Vatican City State, in

Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy.

• It has an area of approximately 44 hectares (110 acres), and a population of just over 800. This makes Vatican City the smallest independent state in the world by both area and population.

• St. Peter's Basilica, St. Peter Square is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

DUOMO, MILAN

• Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano) is the cathedral church of Milan, Italy. Dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente (Saint Mary Nascent).

• The Gothic cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete. It is the fourth largest cathedral in the world and the largest in the Italian state territory.

• A Maximum number of Tourist visit this place.

Rank Country UNWTO Region International Tourist (2010)

Internationl Tourist (2011)

5 Italy Europe 43.6 million 46.1 million

TOURIST ARRIVAL IN ITALY

RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATION

Italians prefer to do business with people they know and trust

they prefer face-to-face contact

Italians judge people on appearances and the first impression you make,will be a lasting one

Italians are extremely expressive communicators.