10 Interesting Facts About Italy | 10 Interesting Facts

Italy is famous with Pisa Tower, or pizza, or soccer team. But do you know that Italy hides so many secrets that you haven’t ever imagined before. Here are 10 interesting facts about Italy. Open your eyes wide, then

1. Italy is famous for its sport cars (Ferrari and Lamborghini). These 2 kinds of sport cars are mostly rode by people who do really have money because the price of these cars are absolutely expensive.

2. The Roman army (Italy’s army) was undoubtedly the greatest of ancient world.

3. Archimedes, one of world’s most famous mathematician, was born in Sicily, Italy.

4. Do you know William Shakespeare? One of his work, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, was set in Verona, Italy. And the movie (also with the same title), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes was also set in Verona.

5. Leonardo DaVinci a famous Italian painter, who was born in 1452, was also a sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist.

6. In Italy, wines are considered a part of the meals and even children as young
as 11 and 12 can be seen having wine, slightly diluted, with their food.

7. Italy is the birthplace of Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), a designer of musical instruments, such as violin and guitar. But unfortunately, his design for those instruments are now price priceless.

8. The name Italy for the country means calf-land and this allusion has an interesting history. The Southern Italian tribes used the Bull as their symbol and that is where the Italy derived its name from.

9. Italian[s] have 11 holidays in their calendar, excluding Christmas and New Year

10. Italy ranks among world leaders in the fashion industry (after France), boasting of such prominent designers and fashion houses as Armani, Gucci, Prada and Versace.

Interested? Let’s visit Italy to prove that those 10 interesting facts about Italy are true..

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