Interesting Facts About Italy

* The authenticated patronymic of Italy is Italian Republic and Italians refer to their country as Italia.

Rome is the capital of Italy and it was founded in 753 BC.

Rome is again called as the " Eternal village " and also " Caput Mundi ", which means the central of the star

Milan is household to Italian fashion and the globe ' s fashion finance.

Before Rome became a republic and an empire, it had seven kings. The leading mikado of Rome was its famed founder, Romulus.

The front Roman Sovereign was Augustus Octavian, who became powerful in 27 BC.

The Italian flag is green ( wish ), ashen ( faith ), and inflamed ( charity ).

At 300, 000 sq km, Italy is marginally higher quality than New Zealand.

Italy borders Austria, France, Vatican Whereabouts, San Marino, Slovenia, and Switzerland and the longest border is with Switzerland.

Licensed are varied vernaculars of the Italian language said throughout Italy. However, the authorized Italian language oral today originates from the Tuscan dialect ( of Latin ).

Did you know Italian is a Romance language? It is related to the other Latin languages - Spanish, French, Portuguese and Romanian.

Midpoint 20 % of Italy ' s cats is over 65 oldness mature.

Italy is famous for its sports cars - Ferrari and Lamborghini and for the Vespa motor scooter.

Shakespeare ' s Romeo and Juliet, Julius Tycoon, Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Cymbeline and more were set in Italy ( Verona ).

Most of the famous personalities are born in Italy - Niccolo Machiavelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Antonio Stradivari, Donatello, Fra Angelico, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, Bernini, Archimedes are a few to epithet.

Opera is an Italian creation.

Italians mock the Viol, violin, cello, piano, specialist gawk, barometer, thermometer, optical glasses and telephone.

The average consumption of pasta in Italy is 25 kg per person per turn.

Italy has the lowest birthrate in all of Europe.

Italy is surrounded by 5 seas - Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Mediterranean, Ionian and Adriatic.

Italy is surrounded by 6 countries - France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Vatican Village and San Marino.

Italian farms produce grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives, beef, and dairy.

The corner of Naples gave birth to the pizza.

The longest river in Italy is the Po.

Cologne and chill cream cone were fictitious in Italy.

Before adopting the euro, Italy ' s currency was known as the lira.

The espresso gadget hails from Italy.

The Roman Catholic Sanctuary is located in Italy and 98 % of Italians are Roman Catholics.

The state sport of Italy is Soccer ( Football ).

The governmental aliment of Italy is Pasta.

The federal bird of Italy is Bluebird.

The federal unsightly of Italy is Italian Wolf.

The governmental flower of Italy is Lily.

Italy has three active volcanoes - Vesuvius, Etna, and Stromboli.

Number Seventeen written in Roman numerals XVII and anagrammed is VIXI, which in Latin means I lived, and consequently am insipid!

It is considered as bad luck when you waste vigour. During the times when learned was no fridge, spice was the precious concern as they used it to preserve food.