Welcome To Italy

The green is said to represent hope and joy, the white symbolizes peace and honesty, and the red stands for strength and values.

Population: 61 million



Geographic size: 116,000 square miles



Capital: Rome



Major cities and population: Rome, Milan, Naples, Genoa, Venice

Population of Italy



About 96 percent of the population of Italy is Italian, though there are many other ethnicities that live in this country. North African Arab, Italo-Albanian, Albanian, German, Austrian and some other European groups fill out the remainder of the population. Bordering countries of France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia to the north have influenced Italian culture, as have the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia and Sicily and Sardinia.

Italy includes two large islands:



Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean, with active volcanoes and earthquakes.
Sardinia is basically mountains rising out of the ocean.


Italy has two independent countries within its borders.



Vatican City is the center for the Roman Catholic Church, and is the world's smallest country.
San Marino, on the north east coast of Italy, is an independent republic.

Italy is one of the 12 EU countries that joined the EMU – the Economic and Monetary Union – which introduced the single currency, the Euro. The current exchange rate is approximately €0.94 = $1

Mozzarella = €1.54

A slice of pizza to take away = €1.70

1 bottle of local Italian wine = €2.50

Museum entry ticket = €10 to €15
Football (soccer) matches = €12 to €70 depending on the seat or teams playing.

Average room prices = anywhere from €20 at the lower end, to €100 mid-range and €200 at the high end.

Average meal prices = €5 for a cheap meal, around €15 for mid-range and €25 and upwards at a classy joint!

Language In Italy

Family is an extremely important value within the Italian culture. Their family solidarity is focused on extended family rather than the west's idea of "the nuclear family" of just a mom, dad and kids.


Italians have frequent family gatherings and enjoy spending time with those in their family. Children are reared to remain close to the family upon adulthood and incorporate their future family into the larger network.

Religion

Government

• Luigi Einaudi (1948-1955)
• Giovanni Gronchi(1955-1962)
• Antonio Segni(1962-1964)
• Giuseppe Saragat(1964-1971)
• Giovanni Leone(1971-1978)
• Sandro Pertini(1978-1985)
• Francesco Cossiga(1985-1992)

Government

• Oscar Luigi Scalfaro(1992-1999)
• Carlo Azepio Ciampi(1999-2006)
• Giorgio Napolitano(2006-2015)
• Pietro Grasso(2015-2015)
• Sergio Mattarella(Actual)

Italy has a variety of climate systems. The inland northern areas of Italy (for example Turin, Milan, and Bologna) have a relatively cool, mid-latitude version of the Humid subtropical climate, while the coastal areas of Liguria and the peninsula south of Florence generally fit the Mediterranean climate profile.



Between the north and south there can be a considerable difference in temperature, above all during the winter: in some winter days it can be −2 °C (28 °F) and snowing in Milan, while it is 8 °C (46.4 °F) in Rome and 20 °C (68 °F) in Palermo. Temperature differences are less extreme in the summer

The music of Italy ranges across a broad spectrum of opera and instrumental classical music and a body of popular music drawn from both native and imported sources

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Costume
Italy stuck to more medieval influenced styles, England and France followed their lead.

Football is the most popular sport in Italy. Basketball, volleyball, and Cycling are the next most popular/played sports, with Italy having a rich tradition in all three.