Italy

Italy Italy is located in southern Europe East of France and west of Slovenia. It has 116,304 Square mile area and a cost line including the islands Sicily and Sardinia is 4,722 miles. The population of Italy is about 57,600,000 people. 97 percent of Italy’s population is ethnic. 1.8 percent of the population is foreign immigrants like Moroccans, Americans, Filipinos, and Tunisians. In the city of Rome the weather gets up to about 95°F around mid day and in the winter the average temp is about 55°F. it can rain anytime of the year in Rome. In the spring time the weather is warm and it have blue skies witch sounds like a great time to go and visit Rome. In Italy they grow a wide variety of foods like grapes for their wine, and sugar beats, tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, wild strawberries, maize, wheat, and rice. Italy has a republic government and it is run by the Prime Minister Giorgio Napolitano. Italy was the seventh largest economy in the world in the year of 2008. they export 1,793 tonnes of the highest level of wine. The major national resources of Italy are Marble, coal, pumice, pyrite, natural gas and crude oil reserves, zinc, mercury, and barite. The currency is called the Euro. One euro equals 1.49649 USD.

The city of Rome is the capital of Italy and the countries largest and the most populated city. It has over 2.7 million residents in 496.3 sq mi. One of the citys most popular attractions is the Spanish Steps. Another great place to go visit in Rome is the collusium, the collusium has had 4 million visitors a year. The collusium is one of the 50 most visited tourist destinations in the world. The Vatican musiums are also among the 50 most visited tourist destinations in the world and gets about 4.2 million tourists a year. Some of the land marks of Rome is the Forum, Palazzo Farnese, and the Pantheon. The pantheon was built in 27 BC and is the best preserved monument in Rome. Rome is located in central Italy in the Lazio region on the Tiber River. Rome has a Mediterranean climate, during the summer the temp. can reach up to 90 °F and in the winter it drops to 55 °F and it is rare that snow falls in Rome, but when it does it stays for a matter of hours rather than days. I believe the best time to visit Rome would be in the summer because the people who live in Rome all go on a holiday vacation during the summer and it would be less crowded. A famous restaurant that would be a great place to eat would be MET.

The next city is the city of Florence also known as the “cradle of the Renaissance ” because of its buildings, monuments, and churches. One place that you can go and visit is the Ponte Vecchio. The Ponte Vecchio is the first bridge that Florence has built across the Arno river in the year of 1345 and the only surviving bridge form the mid evil times. There are a lot of landmarks in Florence, Italy like the Santo Spirito, the Santa Trinita, and the Santa Maria del Carmine. Florence is located in the region of Tuscany, almost in the middle of the Italian peninsula. It has really hot and humid summers but cold damp winters because its surrounded by hills and a river valley. The best time to be visiting the city of Florence would be in May, early June, late September and October because it is usually nice and warm with long days. A famous restaurant that I would recommend going to is the Ristorante Enoteca Pinchiorri because in 2005 it won the ** Best Restaurant in the World. It was also ranked in the “top 50 best restaurants overall”. It is a formal restaurant and I recommend booking a reservation in advance. ** The last city I recommend seeing would be Venice. One of the many attractions that you can go see would be Piazza San Marco, it is open 24 hours of the day and surrounded by the trapezium. Piazza San Marco is known as the "The drawing room of Europe" and the only urban place to be called a piazza. One of the landmarks in Venice is the San Marco Square. It has over two kilometers of mosaics and is one of the most famous sites in Venice Italy. Venice is part of the Veneto region and is in the north eastern part of Italy. On average it rains 32 inches in Venice and is distributed throughout the year. In Venice it gets to about 81 in the summer and about 46°F in the winter months. The best time to go visit Venice is ether in the spring or summer months because it is warm and sunny. One of the famous restaurants to go and visit is the Caffe Florian located on the south side of St. Marks Square. Inside of the restaurant it has elegantly painted glassed-over-walls and Murano glass light fixtures. The seat cushions are red velvet and the tables ate dark wood and white marble tables. I would have to say the city that I would mostly recommend is Rome if you want to see a lot of older buildings like the Colosseum or the pantheon. I think that Rome is interesting because It is home to a lot of amazing structures and was home to a lot of famous people in ancient Rome like Julius Caesar. The best time to go and visit Italy is around the July / August time because its not to crowded and the weather is usually nice. Another reason is because its not really all that hot out.







Italy