Italian Assignment 1, Created By Mitchell Kalika, uploaded for use in his blog, Chickenbomberstop.
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Andiamo in Italia! Visitiamo Venezia! Let's go to Italy! Visit Venice!
Transcript
1. Andiamo in Italia!
Visitiamo Venezia!
Let's go to Italy! Visit Venice!
2. Religione
Religion
3. Roman Catholicism is the largest religion in Italy, although
the Catholic Church is now no longer officially the State Religion
. Most Italians describe themselves as Roman Catholic, although
only 36.8% actually are.
Most Italians have a belief in God, of some form of spiritual life
force. According to a survey that took place in 2005, 74% of
Italian citizens responded that they believe in God, and 16%
answered that they believed in some sort of life force/spirit and
6% answered that theybelieved in no kind of spirit, god or life
force.
The Santa Maria fel Flore cathedral in Florence, which has the
biggest brick dome in the world and is considered a masterpiece of
Italian architecture.
4.
5. Storia
History
6.
Venice was founded on April 25, 421 AD. This is also known as
St. Marks Day, who is the patron saint of the city.
7. In 1848, Venice took up arms to fight for their freedom from
the Hapsburg Empire. In 1860, Guiseppe Garibaldi and his army
gained the freedom of Italy, and Venice became part of Italy in
1866.
8. In 1348, Venice was badly hit by the Bubonic Plague, which
was responsible for decimating the population, but Venice was able
to pull itself up and became a leading ocean faring power in the
Mediterranean Sea.
9. For centuries, the city of Venice has been slowly sinking
into the earth