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IT A LY. European Union Project By Shane Hourihan. Map of Europe showing italy. Main cities,rivers and mountains. Population of Italy. Capital City: Rome Overall: 61,261,254 million Currency: Euro (Used to be Lira) Number of Mobile Phones: 82 million Population of Main Cities:
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ITALY • European Union Project • By Shane Hourihan
Population of Italy • Capital City: Rome • Overall: 61,261,254 million • Currency: Euro (Used to be Lira) • Number of Mobile Phones: 82 million • Population of Main Cities: • Milan: 2.96 million • Naples: 2.7 million • Turin: 1.66 million • Palermo: 872,000
Flag and national Anthem Flag of ITALY National ANTHEM
Ethnicity (Race),Religon • Main Ethnic Groups: • Italian, small clusters of German,French • Slovene-Italians and Greek-Italians • Religions Of Italy • Catholics: 80% • Jehova Witnesses, Muslins, Atheists and Agnostics 20%
Economic Activities In Italy • Main Agriculture: Fruits, Vegetables, Beef, Diary, Olives and Live stock • Main Industry: Car manufacturing, Tourism, Clothing
Main Industries • Car Manufacturing is one of the main industries in Italy, Ferrari, Alfa-Remo and Fiat are all cars manufactured in Italy, • Tourism: Tourism in Italy is a big source of income for the economy. More than 46.1 people visit Italy each year, Its the fifth most visited country in Europe
Main Agriculture • Grape growing is one of the main agricultural Wine is made is made in huge quantities in Italy is grape growing is essenital
Brief history • Italy was under a dictatorship between 1935 and 1943, Mussolini and his facist party over thrown the Italian government in 1935 • He signed the Berlin-Rome axis in 36 which made Germany and Italy allies, • He invaded Ethiopia in 1935
Famous For • Italy is famous for many things, The leaning tower of Pisa in the City of Pisa is one of Italys famous landmarks, • The Colosum is Rome has 1000’s of years of history where anicent Gladiators faught
Famous People • Michaelanglo is a famous painter and sculpture from Italy during the Reinassanceperoid he has many famous paintings such as sisteen chapel and the sculpture of David • Andre Pirlo is a famous Italian football who has many honours including a FIFA world, Champions League and many Seria A winners league medals