Download Geo English lesson:let`s discover Italy

Geo-English lesson:
Let’s discover Italy!!
Italy is easy to recognize on any world
map! Do you know why?
Because the country is shaped like a highheeled boot. It looks like the boot is kicking a
ball, which is the island of Sicily, don’t you think?
Much of Italy is covered by mountains. In the North, the
mountain range of the Alps separates Italy from the other
European countries France, Switzerland, Austria and
Slovenia. The Dolomite mountains are a part of the Alps .
The Po Valley, just south of the Alps mountain, is
the basin of the Po River. Po is the longest river
of Italy. It is fertile farm land.
The Apennine mountains cut down the center of Italy,
stretching from north to south, dividing the east and west
coasts.
Italy includes two large islands: Sicily and Sardinia. Sicily
is the largest island in the Mediterranean, with active
volcanoes, Etna is the most famous. Sardinia is
basically mountain rising out of the ocean.
Italy also 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, not far from our
city Pesaro, is an independent republic.
Italy is divided into 20
regions.
The
regions
are
divided into smaller
provinces.
The largest of these
regions by population
are
Lombardy,
Campania, Lazio, and
Sicily.
The largest by area are
Sicily,
Piedmont,
Sardinia,
and
Lombardy.
By the way!
The Marche is our
region!
It is in the central part
of Italy, it is divided in
5 provinces we live in
the province of Pesaro
Urbino.
Its name means "lands
along the border”.
The Marche is on the east coast
on the Adriatic sea.
It has got the
Sibillini Mountain
chain of the
Appenines in the
west.
The region is
characterised by
rolling hills
Pesaro-Urbino is our province and you can see many
beautiful landscapes, towns and villages
Let’s come back to Italy!!!!!!
Its Capital is Rome
It is a Republic
Its name is Repubblica Italiana (Italian
Republic) or simply: Italia, its nickname
is «Bel Paese» that means beautiful
country
It became independent on 17 March
1861; but Italy was not unified until
1870
Its Currency is euro (EUR)
The Italian flag, called the "Tricolore", has three vertical stripes, it was
adopted on January 1, 1948.
The green represents hope and the green
hills of Italy.
The white can stand for faith or the snow-capped Alps.
The red represents charity and the blood spilt
during the war for independence.
THE ITALIAN NATIONAL SONG IS: IL
CANTO DEGLI ITALIANI
(THE SONG OF THE ITALIANS) WRITTEN
BY MAMELI
Italians are famous for their inventions and
discoveries...
The Italian explorers Christopher Columbus
and Amerigo Vespucci discovered the
Americas while Marco Polo explored the East.
Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist and an artist, he
painted «La gioconda», Galileo Galilei invented the
telescope and Alessandro Volta that studied
electricity, hence the name “Volt”.
ITALY IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS
ARTISTS AND POETS LIKE:
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI , DANTE
ALIGHIERI AND MANY OTHERS.
THERE ARE
ALSO FAMOUS
ARTISTS FROM
THE MARCHE
AS RAFFAELLO,
THE PAINTER
FROM URBINO,
AND ROSSINI
THE
MUSICIAN
FROM OUR
CITY PESARO!
GIACOMO
LEOPARDI THE
POET FROM
RECANATI
HOPE YOU ENJOY ITALY!!!
SO FLY TO OUR COUNTRY!
WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU!!
By Class 5° of
Santa Maria
dell’Arzilla