Cool Facts About Italy?
Posted in Geography
- Italy is shaped like a boot!
- The name “Italy” comes from Greek “italos”, which means calf.
- Italians refer to Italy as Italia
- Italian flag is inspired by the French flag introduced during Napoleon’s 1797 invasion of peninsula
- Pizza’s birthplace is the city of Naples
- It is the fourth most visited country in the world
- Italian inventions are sunglasses, thermometer, the typewriter, violin, chelo…
- Italy has more famous fashion designers than any other country
- Everyday 3,000 Euro get thrown into the Trevi Fountain in Rome
- Sixty percent of the world’s art treasures are in Italy
