ITALY!

Can we find Italy on the map?

How could we get there?

What is the name of the capital city?

Facts about Italy

• Currency: Euro

• Language: Italian

• Population: 60.92 million (2012)

• Capital: Rome (The Eternal City)

Here is the Italian flag.

Colours of the flag

• The green stands for hope, love and joy.

• The white stands for faith, peace and honesty.

• The red stands for charity, bravery, strength and valour.

This is Rome. It is the capital city of Italy. The round building is called the Colosseum.

• Can you think of any similarities between Ireland and Italy?

• Can you think of any differences

• between Ireland and Italy?

• What are they?

These are famous buildings that you will see in Rome.

This is the Colosseum. It is the most famous landmark in Rome.

The Vatican is a famous place in Rome because the Pope lives and works here.

Inside the Vatican is the Sistine Chapel.

Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

How many figures did they paint?

Do you know what the Pope’s name is?

• Family is very important in Italy.

• Meal times are also very important in Italy….why?

• Have you ever heard of a siesta?

Milan

• Milan is the second largest city in Italy.

• Milan is one of the fashion capital’s of the world.

• Leonardo da Vinci’s painting ‘The Last Supper’ can be found in Milan.

• Home to AC Milan and Inter Milan football teams.

Venice

• It is known as the city of canals.

• It’s built on 118 islands!

• To get around locals use gondolas or motor boats.

• There is an annual festival called Carnevale. It marks the end of lent and lasts 12 days!

• People dress up in masks.

Florence

• “Capital city” of Tuscany.

• Florence is famous for its architecture.

• Michelangelo was born near Florence.

• It is known as the art capital of Italy.

Opera music

• Opera music was born in Italy.

• An opera is like a play in which the characters sing all their lines.

• All operas have singers and an orchestra -- and a lot of operas have a chorus, too.

• Andrea Bocelli is a famous opera singer.

• Have you ever heard of Verdi or Puccini?

Tarantella dance

• Legend says that in the town of Taranto in southern Italy there was an epidemic. This was as a result of being bit by the poisonous tarantula spider.

• The victim (the tarantata) was almost always a woman. Once bitten the tarantata would fall into a trance that could only be cured by frenzied dancing.

• People would play music, each rhtyhm would cause the person to dance. Once the correct rhythm was found the tarantata was cured.

Italy have a very good football team.

Italy has many olive groves where they grow olives.

They use the olives to eat or to make

olive oil.

From Italy we also get pizza, pasta, cheese and wine. Yum!

Have you been on holiday to Italy? Lots of people go there on holiday. There are lots of interesting places to visit.

Italy is famous for its pasta, cheese, cars and buildings.

What have you learned about

Italy?