Monday, September 3, 2012


FLAG
 Italy has a flag with three colors and each one has one meaning: the green can symbolize the plains and the Italian hills; the white symbolizes the snow in the Alps and the red would be the bloodshed at the Wars of Independence and Unification of Ital. In the religious viewpoint the three colors represent the theological virtues. The green symbolizes hope; the white is faith and the red, charity.              


            
FASHION
Italy has the main fashion in the world. Fashion is important for the Italians and for the visitors. They have a very famous design called “La Bella Figura”. Italians are very elegant.




Italian cuisine                    

   The main ingredient of Italian cuisine is the dough, used in preparation of pastas, pizzas, gnocchi, lasagne, cappelletti, ravioli, tagliatelle among many others.     
 The Italian bread is the best in the world. And, like almost everything in Italy, it varies with the region. There are many types, some are well known, as pizzas- which at the beginning was just a kind of bread with tomatoes.

 


  

Tourist spots of Italy.
      The Coliseum was built during the Roman empire, between the years 70 and 80 of our era, during the governments of emperors VESPASIANO AND DOMICIANO.
     The amphitheater was used as stage for the gladiators to fight, shows with beasts and even naval battles because the Coliseum had a system that   transformed the arena into a large lake.
 The Tower of Pisa is a medieval building that is characterized by slope. The tower has height of 55.863 meters on eight floors (levels). Its slope is currently at 3.97 graus. It has 296 steps. The tower is located in the city of Pisa (northwestern Italy). It was designed to house the bells of the cathedral city. Due to the sinking of the ground, the tower began to show slant.Ela started the be Built in 1174 and is completed in 1350.
 The temple of Saturn was a history interesting and it held within itself many of the treasures of Rome. As for its architecture dating from 42 BC. Has a raised platform that maintains through its eight columns.

                                                  COLISEUM

                                                   MILAN CATHEDRAL


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