Fun Facts About Italy. Bet You Didn’t Know!

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Fun Facts About Italy. Bet You Didn’t Know!

Here are 101 fun facts that you might not know about Italy, its  people, and its history:

    1. Rome is further North than New York City. New York City is about the same latitude as  Naples Italy
    2. In Rome and Naples, it only snows briefly once every several years while in New York snow is very frequent in the Winter
    3. Pizza  was “invented” in Naples around 1860s
    4. Pizza is one of the very few words which is understood all over the world
    5. Italy is slightly larger than Arizona.
    6. Almost 20% of Italy’s population is over 65 years old.
    7. Italy borders Austria, France, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia,  and Switzerland.
    8. Its longest border is with Switzerland.
    9. The average Italian family has 1.27 children.
    10. Everybody 18 and over can vote, however you have to be at least  25 to vote in Senate elections.
    11. The Italian flag is inspired by the French flag introduced during  Napoleon’s 1797 invasion of the peninsula.
    12. The average Italian makes $26,700 a year, however those in the  more prosperous north make almost $40,000.
    13. The thermometer is an Italian invention.
    14. Italy’s unemployment rate is around 8.6%, but it is as high  as 20% in the more impoverished south.
    15. Italian farms produce grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans,  grain, olives, beef, and dairy.
    16. The name of Electricity measurement Volt comes from Alessandro Volta who invented the first battery in 1779
    17. The average life expectancy at birth for an Italian is 79.54  years.
    18. The famous children’s story, Pinocchio , was written  by an Italian.
    19. The city of Naples gave birth to the pizza.
      Pizza margherita whit mozzarella, tomato and basil
    20. The piano hails from Italy.
    21. The longest river in Italy is the Po.
    22. The average Italian consumes half a pound of bread a day.
    23. Italy’s contributions to science include the barometer, electric  battery, nitroglycerin, and wireless telegraphy.
    24. Famous Italian explorers include Christopher Columbus, Marco  Polo, John Cabot, and Amerigo Vespucci.
    25. Today’s modern Italian language originated in the region of  Tuscany.
    26. Enrico Fermi, inventor of the nuclear reactor, was an Italian.
    27. The automobile is one of Italy’s greatest products.  In addition to the Fiat brand, Fiat owns the Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Chrysler brands.
    28. “Volt” is named for Alessandro Volta, a pioneer in the study of electricity
    29. With almost 40 million visitors, Italy is the fourth most visited  country in the world.
    30. Italy is home to two microstates, San Marino and Vatican City .
    31. Besides Julius Caesar, Shakespeare also set in Italy  ( entirely or partially):  Romeo and Juliet, Othello, The Merchant of  Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Cymbeline,Much Ado About Nothing, Othello,The  Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, The Two  Gentlemen of Verona,The Winter’s Tale
    32. Cologne came out of Italy.

      San Marino, the capital of San Marino Republic.

    33. The ice cream cone is an Italian invention.
    34. The majority of Italian-American immigrants came from Naples  and southern Italy.
    35. Mt. Vesuvius last erupted in 1944, destroying a number of neighboring  villages and the city of Pompeii.
    36. Eyeglasses are an Italian invention.
    37. The average Italian is 41 years old.
    38. Italy has 16 regions and 4 autonomous regions.
    39. Before adopting the euro, Italy’s currency was known as the  lira.
    40. The average Italian consumes 26 gallons of wine a year.
    41. Italy’s major industries include tourism, machinery, iron and  steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing,  footwear, and ceramics.
    42. Italy has more hotel rooms than any other nation in Europe.
    43. The espresso machine hails from Italy.
    44. Italy is the world’s seventh largest industrial economy.
    45. Barely a third of Italy’s land is arable and suitable for farming.
    46. Italy’s biggest trading partners are Germany, France, the United  States, and Great Britain.
    47. Over 40% of Italy’s labor force is unionized.
    48. The telephone was created by an Italian (Meucci )
    49. Most of Italy’s industry is centered around the northern cities  of Milan, Turin and Genoa .
    50. Since the end of WWII, Italy has seen almost 60 governments  come and go.
    51. The area around Venice is one of the wealthiest region in Europe

Venice is the wealthiest region in Europe

  1. Over 75% of Italy is mountainous or hilly.
  2. The typewriter is an Italian invention.
  3. Italians used to be known for having large families, however  Italy is now known for having Europe’s lowest birthrate.
  4. Italy owes much of its prosperity to thousands of small private  family enterprises.
  5. Most unmarried children live with their parents
  6. The average Italian consumes 25 kilograms of pasta a year.
  7. The Jewish Ghetto in Rome is now one of the most expensive real estate area  in the city
  8. With over 5 million people, Rome is Italy’s largest Italy.
  9. Italy has a population of over 58 million.
  10. Italians refer to their country as Italia.
  11. Italy imports over 75% of its energy.
  12. The service sector accounts for almost 70% of the Italian economy.
  13. Agriculture used to make up over a third of Italy’s economy.  It now makes up less than three percent.
  14. The official language is Italian, but German and French are  also spoken in some regions.
  15. Italy’s north has warm summers and cool winters. Italy’s south  has hot summers and mild winters.
  16. The Seven Hills of Rome are Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline,  Palatine, Quirinal, and Viminal.
  17. The symbol SPQR can be found on many ancient buildings in Rome.  It stands for “the senate and people of Rome.”
  18. Rome was founded in 753 BC.
  19. Italy did not become a united country until 1861
  20. Every kid between the ages of 6-14 go to mandatory school. More than 90 percent of them attend public schools considered better for learning than private schools.
  21. Before Rome became a republic and an empire, it had seven kings.
  22. The first king of Rome was its legendary founder, Romulus.
  23. “Ars longa, vita brevis” is a common saying in Italy. It means  “art is long, life is short” and reflects the Italian love of leisure.
  24. An engineering marvel of the ancient world, Cloacus Maxima,  is the sewer of Rome.
  25. The first Roman Emperor was Augustus Octavian, who came to power  in 27 BC.
  26. The Roman Empire fell in 476 AD, after its last emperor, Romulus  Augustulus, was forced to abdicate by barbarian invaders.
  27. A Roman Centurion commanded 100 hundred men.
  28. A Roman Legion was made up of 6,000 men.
  29. Italy has a resident foreign population of 1.27 million.
  30. Italy’s current constitution took effect January 1, 1948
  31. The president of Italy is a ceremonial figure.
  32. The prime minister serves as the head of government and is the  one who runs the country.
  33. Since October 1946, the national anthem of Italy has been Inno de Memeli .
  34. Family recreational activities in small villages include taking a traditional Sunday passeggiata (family stroll)
  35. The colors of the Italian flag represent three virtues: hope  (green), faith (white), and charity (red).
  36. The Italian Republic does not have an official motto, but it  does have a common phrase: “L’Italia e’ una Repubblica democratica,  fondata sul lavoro” (Italy is a democratic Republic, founded on  labor).
  37. St. Francis of Assissi and Saint Caterina of Siena are the patron  saints of Italy.
  38. 95% of Italians are Roman Catholic but  only about 30 percent of all Italians attend church regularly
  39. The Roman Catholic Church is based in Italy.
  40. Italy has over 3,000 museums.
  41. The national sport of Italy is soccer (known as football outside of America).
  42. Italy’s national dish is pasta.
  43. The Italian language evolved from the Latin of the Roman Empire.
  44. The Italian peninsula is surrounded by five seas (the Adriatic,  Ionian, Tyrrhenean, Ligurian, and Mediterranean).
  45. Italy has two large islands, Sicily and Sardinia , as well as a number of smaller islands.
  46. The Italian island of Sicily is famous for being home of the  illicit Mafia criminal organization.
  47. Napoleon spent his first exile on the Italian island of Elba.
  48. The Alps mountain range form part of Italy’s northern border,  and for a long time, protected the peninsula from invasion.
  49. Italy has three active volcanoes: Vesuvius, Etna, and Stromboli.
  50. Naples is the largest city in southern Italy.
  51. Next to Rome, Milan is the second-largest city in Italy.
  52. Milan is home to Italian fashion and finance.
  53. Rome’s nickname is “The Eternal City.”
  54. Florence is home to Italian art.
  55. A vespa is an Italian-made motor scooter that many people ride  around busy city streets on.
  56. Around 1284 in Italy, Salvino D’Armate was credited with inventing the first wearable eye glasses
  57. Italy has the highest  number of cultural sites recognized by UNESCO world Heritage
  58. Italian has many dialects

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