Are you going to travel to Milan? So get to know the best sights of the city here and set up an amazing itinerary. Milan, one of Italy’s most charming cities , is a world reference when it comes to elegance and taste. No wonder it receives the title of international fashion capital. In addition, it is privileged to be very rich…
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Movies in Italy
Italy is considered one of the film’s great nations and can look back on one of the richest film traditions in the world. An important pioneer was Filoteo Alberini, who already in the fall of 1895 patented a camera he called the Kinetographer. However, it was the representatives of the French brothers Lumière who did most of…
Italian Food
History Italy’s food culture is closely linked to the country’s geographical conditions and historical development. It is claimed that Italian cuisine started in Sicily, because it was here that the Phoenicians and Greeks first brought their outstanding cuisine more than 2000 years ago. Then came the Arabs with their food knowledge. They built complex irrigation…
Climate in Italy
Italy is partly in the temperate and partly in the subtropical climate zone. The large extent northwest-southeast, the mountains’ shields to the continent in the north, and the elongated shape of the sea on both sides are important factors in shaping the country’s climate. The temperate areas include the Alps, Posletta and the northern parts…
Dance in Italy
The word ballet comes originally from the Italian ballet, which means little dance. Classical ballet has its origins in the Italian Renaissance; the popular spectacula and trionfi with elements of both singing and dancing at the northern Italian court parties can be called the first beginning of ballet. The later balli or balletti, in which…
Wildlife and Plant Life in Italy
Wildlife in Italy Bats and rodents make up 50 of Italy’s approximately 80 mammal species. Hedgehogs, rabbits, hares, red foxes and marshes are found all over the country. Squirrels, ferret, husmår, badgers and deer are also common, but lacking in Sicily and Sardinia. Wildcats, wild boars and porcupines are found in the south. The alpine…
Theater in Italy
Italian theater established itself mainly from the Renaissance, but had a prehistory in Roman ancient theater and in medieval theater, with the development of ecclesiastical song plays as the central one. The Renaissance and Baroque can in many ways be described as a golden age in Italian theater because of the enormous importance these periods…
Tourism in Italy
Italy is one of the world’s leading tourist countries, with 62 million foreign tourists a year (figures from 2018). Tourism is an important industry that accounts for around five percent of the country’s gross domestic product. The largest number of visitors comes from Germany, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria, Russia, the…
Architecture in Italy
About the early architecture of the Netherlands, see the Etruscans (art), the Roman Empire (art) and early Christian art. The classical tradition of the Roman Empire has marked the country’s architecture through the ages. We see the ruins of Antonius and the Faustina Temple at the Roman Forum in Rome, from 141 AD In the…
Geography of Italy
Italy lies between 35 ° 29ʹ ( Lampedusa ) and 47 ° 05ʹ north latitude, and between 6 ° 33ʹ and 18 ° 30ʹ east longitude. The border to the north with Switzerland and Austria follows largely the watershed between Po and the Danube. In the west, the border with France mainly follows the watershed…