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Final ProjectDaisy Crespo

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Trip Around the World, Visiting Italy By Christina B, Kayla C, Sunny D

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Map of Europe and Italy 

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Geography of Italy 

• Italy is located Southern Europe. A flights to Rome takes roughly 2.5 hours from London/England, 8 hours from New York/USA 

Italy is easy to recognize on any world map. The country is shapedlike a high-heeled boot, as you can see on the map above.

Italy Facts: Geography 

In the North, the mountain range of the Alps separates Italy fromthe other European countries France, Switzerland, Austria andSlovenia.

The highest mountain of Italy can be found in the Alps. It is theMonte Bianco, better known as Mont Blanc. There are many longand deep lakes in the North of Italy. The Po is Italy's longest river.

The Apennines are another big mountain range which go all alongthe boot and separate the East and the West of the country.

In the South of Italy there are three volcanoes. They are Vesuviusnear Naples, Etna on Sicily and Stromboli off the Coast of Italy.

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Facts: Flag of Italy 

• Population: 61 million people live inItaly (2011)

• Capital: Roma (Rome), which is oftencalled "Eternal City"

• Name: Repubblica Italiana (ItalianRepublic), Nickname: "Bel Paese" whichmeans beautiful country 

• Government: Democracy, Republic • Language: Italian as well as German,

French and Latin in some regions in

Northern Italy. • Currency : 1 Euro=100 cents, before

2001 Italian Lira • Flag: The colors represent these virtues:

hope (green), faith (white), and charity (red).

Facts

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People and

Culture

Italy is a family oriented country. They have strong family ties.In the north, generally 

only the nuclear family lives together; while inthe south, the extendedfamily often residestogether in one house.

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Food

Italians love to eatdifferent types of food.They enjoy makingeverything from fresh

ingredients, such astomatoes, cheese, flour,and spices. They alsolove to drink wine andcoffee. We enjoyedeating the spaghetti andmeatballs. It was

 yummy. The pizza wasgreat too.

Music

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Music

Four Italian Musicians

 Verdi

 Vivaldi

Puccini

Pavarotti

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 Art

Contemporary ArtMuseum in Milan Italy 

“Mona Lisa” by Leonardo Da Vinci

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Places to Visit

 Venice, Italy 

 We did not use a car ora bus to get around, wesat back and enjoyed

our first time on agondola. It wasamazing.

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Rome –the capital of Italy 

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 The ruins of ancient Rome’s Colesseum are

one of the world’s most famous landmarks.

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  It’s so beautiful. Simply breathtaking.

Cinque Terre

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa

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Post Card

Dear Abbey L School,

 We are having a wonderful time on ourtrip around the world.

 We have visited almostall the continents andtoo many countries tolist. We are learning somuch. This has been alifetime experience. We

are happy that Mrs.Crespo took us on thistrip.

 Yours truly,the Students

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Souvenirs for Mrs. Crespo

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Passport

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Travel Tourism Recommendation

 We would recommend everyone to take a trip toItaly. It is a beautiful country and you will love it.

There are many places to visit and enjoy. We want togo back to see the leaning Tower of Pisa, travel ingondolas, and visit the beautiful beaches by CinqueTerre. We recommend the food as well, it was

delicious.