Facts about Italy

Facts about Italy

Did you know this facts about italy:

is Italy the 4^th most visited country in the world, it has almost 40 million visitors.

is nearly 20% of Italy’s population older than 65 years and that the average Italian family has 1.27 children.

the life expectancy at birth for an Italian is 79.54 years.

who invented the thermometer? A ventian, named Santorio Santorio.



where was written Pinocchio, the famous children story? In Italy.

the average Italian consumes half a pound of bread a day and 25 kilograms of pasta a year. Pasta is also national dish.

Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, John Cabot, and Amerigo Vespucci are Italians famous explorers.

before euro, the lira was Italy’s currency.

26 gallons of wine a year is consumed by the average Italian.

any nation in Europe doesn’t have as much hotel rooms as Italy.

over 75% of Italy is covered by mountains or hills.



Rome is Italy’s largest city (5 million people), it was founded in 753 BC by Romulus and he was also firs king of Rome. Rome is also known as ‘The Eternal City’.

in Italy lives over 58 million people.

colors of the Italian flag have different meanings: green (hope), white (faith) and red (charity).

Italy’s largest islands are Sicily (home of the illicit Mafia criminal organisation ) and Sardinia.

Vesuvius, Etna, and Stromboli are three active volcanoes in Italy.



Those were some basic facts about Italy