ITALY

CLIMATE

• 90 or higher in summer
• Freezing or below in winter
• Cool rainy winter, hot dry summers
• 1,971 millimeters to 2,000 millimeters of rain per year

LIVESTOCK

• Cattle (7,211)
• Hog (8,329,000)
• Sheep (11'084,000)
• Horse (285,000)
• Chicken (about 100 million

CROPS

CUSTOMS

• Venice, Italy have a 2 week long parade called Carnivale di Venizia
• Scoppi carro is an Easter festival
• The city of Viterbo celebrates Santa Maria Rosa, after santa rosa saved the city from diseases in the 1600

RELIOGION

• Christian (91.6%)
• Islam (1.9%)
• Buddhism(0.3%)
• Hinduism(0.2%)
• Sihism(0.1%)

2 POPULAR DICHES

• Chicke parmesan(home made chicken with melted parmesan
• Pizza margarita(pizza with vegetables of the Italian flag, red white green

COLAZIONE(BREAKFAST)

• Latte-a hot milky beaverage
• Pancakes(served with sausage or bacon)
• Waffles(served with sausage or bacon)

PRANZO(LUNCH)

• Pasta(mostly egg pasta)
• Soup(rarely)
• Meat or fish, side dishes are vedure(vegetables) or insalta(salad)

MERENDA(AFTERNOON SNACK)

• Brioches(bread with honey/jelly)
• Gelato(yogurt)
• Granitia(fruit salad or just fruit)
• Cookies(dipped in milky hot choclate)

CENA(DINNER)

• Left overs from lunch(pasta meat/fish salad)
• Meat/fish(meat farm raised)
• Salad(sometimes with fried vegitables)
• Soup(minestrone, a thick soup with vegetables, pasta or rice, and beans