Week+9,+TOPIC,+ITALY

__**DID YOU KNOW ABOUT ITALY?**__
 * Year 5's: **

Did you know.....Italy is about the same size as New Zealand.

Italy -251,432 sq km NZ -268,671 sq km (If you include its islands, Italy is bigger 301,230 sq km) Gianni

The Italian climate is one of the main reasons people visit Italy, but Italy in the summer can be incredibly hot and animals in Italy need to get used to the heat as much as humans do. ** Animals in Italy are vulnerable to sun stroke. ** http://www.explore-italian-culture.com/animals-in-italy.html kasper72095

italys population estamet on july 2002 was 58,126,212 katiepowell1

The population of Italy is 58,103,030. By Jasiah
 * Year 6's: **


 * Year 7's: **

Did you know that the country of Italy is actually the shape of a woman's boot? The capital city is Rome. Their favourite sport is football.


 * The Italian (Main) Diet **

**Breakfast:** Croissant, yoghurt, and a cup of coffee. __**Morning Tea:**__ Sandwiches, with very thin slices of ham and cheese. __**Lunch:**__ This is the biggest meal of the day, pizza is common, salads, pasta's, and sometimes, gelato (ice-cream). __Dinner:__ This meal is much smaller than lunch. Vegetables are served with every meal, meat is very rarely eaten, fish is their main meat, and nuts and cheese are served before and after. __**Desert:**__ Fresh fruit and Gelato.



**Italy did not exist as a state until the country's unification in 1861! ** =//__﻿ __// =


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<span style="color: #8f0aff; font-family: 'Kristen ITC',Courier,monospace; font-size: 300%;">** Priscilla **
 * The longest river in Italy is Po **


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