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The patron Saint of Italy is Saint Francis of AssisiSaint Francis of AssisiSaint Francis of AssisiSaint Francis of Assisi.He is also the patron saint of animals because he cared for them and prayed for them and was said to talk with them.

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Did you know that the famous story, PinoccioPinoccioPinoccioPinoccio comes from Italy?

The story is about a wooden boy puppet that comes to life. Every time Pinocchio tells a lie his nose grows longer and longer.

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The story was written by an Italian called Carlo Collodi and was published in 1883.

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The Mona LisaMona LisaMona LisaMona Lisa is a painting by the Italian artist, Leonardo Leonardo Leonardo Leonardo dadadada VinciVinciVinciVinci. It is one of the most famous paintings in the world.

It is a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo the wife of a wealthy Italian merchant who lived more than 500 years ago.

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Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t only a famous artist, he was an inventor and a scientist too.

Leonardo da Vinci’s flying machines.

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Sandro BotticelliBotticelliBotticelliBotticelliwas another famous Italian artist.

He was born more than 550 years ago and painted many religious pictures.

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Raffaello Sanzio daUrbina, better known as RaphaelRaphaelRaphaelRaphael, was also an Italian painter who lived more than 600 years ago.

This picture is a self portrait by the artist Raphael.

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St George struggling with the Dragon, a painting by Raphael.

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Michaelangelo Merisi de CaravaggioCaravaggioCaravaggioCaravaggio was another famous Italian artist.

This a portrait of him which was drawn in chalk around 1621, almost 400 years ago.

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This painting by Caravaggio is called Nativity with St Francis and St Lawrence.

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Michelangelo diLodovico BuanarrotiSimoni was born in 1564.

This is a portrait of MichaelangeloMichaelangeloMichaelangeloMichaelangelo when he was 60 years old

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Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It took him four years to paint the ceiling!

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Michelangelo’s Statue of Statue of Statue of Statue of DavidDavidDavidDavid is a very famous stone sculpture. It is just over 5m high and is a statue of King David who, when he was young, fought the giant, Goliath, and won.

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Amedeo Clemente ModiglianiModiglianiModiglianiModigliani was a more modern Italian painter.

He was born in 1884 and died in 1920, 80 years ago.

This is a photograph of Modigliani.

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Modigliani was also a sculptor.

These sculptures are all of women’s heads. The middle sculpture above was a sculpture of his wife, Jeanne Hébuterne.

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Modigliani’s wife.

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Opera is very popular in Italy. Opera is a special performance where singers and musicians perform together. The musicians play their instruments and the singers act and sing the words of stories for grown up audiences.

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Opera began in Italy. The most well known Italian composers of opera are VerdiVerdiVerdiVerdi and PucciniPucciniPucciniPuccini.

Giuseppe Verdi

Giacomo Verdi

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Luciano PavarottiPavarottiPavarottiPavarotti was a well known Italian opera singer who died in 2007.

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