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FACTS
Population: 61.3 million people
Capital city: Rome
Currency: euro
Highest mountain: Mont Blanc
Longest river: Po

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FAMOUS PEOPLE
Julius Caesar Roman Emperor 100-44 BC
Leonardo Da Vinci Artist, Mathematician, Inventor, Writer 1452 - 1519
Christopher Columbus 1451 1506 Explorer
HISTORY
Beginning of the Roman Empire 753BC
The city of Pompeii is destroyed when the Mont Vesuvius erupts 79 CE
The fall of the Roman Empire 476 CE
Italy becomes an unified nation under King Emmanuel ll 1861 CE
Italian Republic is formed 1946 CE
The euro becomes the official currency in Italy. 2002 CE

FOOD
Italian food is normally reach in carbohydrates because it usually includes
pasta.

PIZZA MARGHERITA
This pizza was created wen the queen Margherita
visited Naples. The chef Raffaele Esposito II made
pizza with the three colors of the Italian flag:tomate,
Mozzarella and basil.

COSTUMES
Fashion is important in the italian culture. Italians normally
pay attention to a persons clothes. The Italian city of Milan
is one of the most important fashion capitals.