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I T A LY
volcano. On the way south another
volcano to explore is Vesuvius.
��������� In the year AD 79, Mount Vesuvius
erupted and buried the town of
Italy is a land of contrasts and great variety. Pompeii in ash5. The ruins of Pompeii
It is shaped like a boot, with the top in the and the remains of the volcano´s
Alps mountains and the toe swimming in the victims can still be seen today.
Mediterranean Sea. In fact nowhere in Italy are
you very far from the sea. Vatican City

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The Vatican City is the home
Did you of the Pope6, the head of the
Roman Catholic Church. It is
KNOW the world´s smallest state and
● Ice cream has has its own flag.
been made in
Italy for more
than 500 years.
● A Venetian boat is
called a gondola.
● A baker in Naples
invented the pizza
in the 1800s.

Italian lakes
The area around Lake Como and Lake
Garda is known as the Italian Lake
District. There are many beautiful
resorts on these lakes and they are
always popular tourist destinations in the
summer.
The eastern coast of Italy has many
new holiday resorts with fine sandy
beaches.

Italian cities
Italy has some of the world´s most
beautiful cities, and its museums contain
priceless paintings and sculptures. Italy
also has modern industries, such as
car-making and electronics. 1. Name two lakes in the
Rome is of course the capital of Italy. It is also a city with Italian Lake District.
many Roman ruins1. This shows a time when it was literally the 2. Which well known religious
most important city in the world. Rome began when groups of leader lives in the Vatican?
shepherds2 and farmers settled on the hill now known as the 3. When was the town of
Palatine. Pompeii buried?
Venice, with its many canals and boats, is always popular with 4. What is the difference
tourists. There are many splendid3 buildings and a lot of history to between Etna and Vesuvius?
take in. Other cities in Italy like Naples and Florence have
plenty4 of religious art and historic treasures. 1 r um n ruins – rímske pozostatky/
e e
římské pozůstatky; 2 šepeds – pastieri/
pastýři; 3 splendid – nádherný, prepychový/
Vesuvius and Pompeii přepychový; 4 plenti – množstvo/ spousta;
5 æš – popol/popel; 6 p up – pápež/ papež
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On the island of Sicily in the far south is Mount Etna, an active

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