ITALY

FACTS ABOUT ITALY

• THE DEFINITION OF ITALY IS ACTUALLY "CALF LAND"
• THE NATION HAS A POPULATION OF OVER 52 MILLION PEOPLE
• THE CAPITAL, ROME, IS OVER 3,000 YEARS OLD
• ITALIANS SUFFER THE MOST EARTHQUAKES IN ALL OF EUROPE
• ITALY HAS THE MOST VALCANOES IN ALL OF EUROPE

ITALIAN AUTHORS AND THEIR WORK

• THE WORK "PINOCCHINO" WAS WRITTEN BY CARLO COLLODI
• THE MOST FAMOUS AUTHER IS FRANCESCO PETRACO
• author was Baccio the Decamerone who wrote the Arabian nights
• Another author is Dante who was nicknamed the Devine comedy
• Another author is ludovico Ariosto who wrote Orilando Furiso