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FoodHistory

CultureSportsMusicFamous Place



Food

Pizza in its most basicform as a seasonedflatbread has a longhistory in theMediterranean. Severalcultures including theGreeks and Phoeniciansate a flatbread made fromflour and water. Thispicture is New York style.



History

The land known as Italytoday has been the cradleof many European culturesand peoples, such as theEtruscans and the

Romans, and later was thebirthplace of the University,the Renaissance thatbegan in Tuscany andspread all over Europe,Vitruvian Man, modern

science and astronomy,heliocentrism and Opera.



Culture

Thousands of touristsvisit Italy every year toadmire the works whichItalian artists have giftedus with throughout thecenturies. In Italy thereare also active talentedcontemporary artists

who to this day producebeautiful paintings andsculptures.



Sports

The most popular sport inItaly is soccer. The nationalteam of Italy has won themost prestigious World Cupfour times in 1934, 1938,

1982 and 2006 respectively.

Italian football team is thecurrent titleholder. The Italiannational soccer team ispopularly known by the nameof Azzurri for their blue shirts.

It is considered to be thesecond-most successfulnational football team in theworld.



Music

From fork music to classical,music has always played animportant role in Italianculture. Having given birth toopera, Italy provides many of the foundations of theclassical music tradition.Instruments associated withclassical music, including thepiano and violin, wereinvented in Italy, and many of the prevailing classical musicforms, such as the symphony,concerto, and sonata, cantrace their roots back toinnovations of sixteenth- andseventeenth-century Italianmusic.



Famous Place

The Roman Colosseum is atremendous amphitheater,the embodiment of both thegrandeur and cruelty of thegreat Roman Empire.Capable of seating 50,000spectators, the Colosseumhosted spectacular gamesthat included gladiator exhibitions, fights betweenanimals, prisoner executionsand - strangely enough -naval battles. It is symbol of Italy. Many people think thatItaly’s image is this TheRoman Colosseum

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