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 **__Location__** Italy is located in Southern Europe. Italy is quite easy to spot on a World map because it is shaped like a Boot! Although Italy is located in Southern Europe Italy is also located in the Northen Hemisphere. **__Population__** The population of Italy is approximately 60,221,112! wow now thats alot of people.

**__Religion__** The most common Italian religion that is most practised in Italy is called Roman Catholicism. But not only Italians practise it Argentinians do as well and many other countries also practise it but mostly Italians are well known for this religion. **__Italian Language__** Well obviosly Italian people speak Italian but not all of them just speak Italian only 90% of Italians can speak Italian and English.

**__Currenc__****__y__** [|Italian Facts]

The Italian money is called Euro much different to the Australian dollar. Did you know that one (1) Euro is equal (=) to 1.3725 Australian dollars but one (1) Australian dollar is equal (=) to 0.7286 Italian Euros. 10,000.00 Euros is equal (=) to 13,275.00 Australian dollars!

[|Italian Language Voki Just Click Play]

**__Attractions__**

**__Culture and Lifestyle__**  Christmas in Italy is much different to Christmas in Australian History. In Australia many people call Santa either Santa, Santa Clause, Father Christmas or Saint Nicholas. Well in Italy they call him Babbo Natale!

﻿**__Easter__** A massive group of men carry a statue of Gesu and another massive group of men carry a different statue of La Madonna. Each statue stands on a platform that rests on the mens shoulders. The men either wear their best clothes or white tunics.


 * Italians love their food Italians also have a type of passion for talking their own language.


 * Italian people in the middle of the day go for Siesta. Siesta means an afternoon nap.


 * On Siesta all of the shops and banks ect shut down or close up.

﻿**__Government__** ﻿ ﻿ ﻿1996 In Italy the president has to be over the age of 50. The two (2) different houses of Parliament have to vote on who the next president has to be. Did you know the president has the power to get rid of the Parliament and have another election.
 * If the president is sick there is no Vice president to take on the job. [[image:http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112187/italy_green_airplane.gif width="306" height="242" align="right"]]


 * If the president ends up dying another election is held.


 * If a man is 18 years old you have to go to the Army.


 * If you go to the Air Force you go there for 12 months.


 * If you go to the Navy you go there for 16 months



﻿**__How is Italy Globally connected to the rest of the world?__**

﻿Italy is Globally connected to the rest of the world by a sport named Soccer. Italy loves playing Soccer talking about soccer and listening about soccer and watching soccer.


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">SKY Italia


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">T.V company

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">These two dot points have been Traded between the rest of the world.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">SKY Italia is a website of whats happening in Italy right now!

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The T.V company sells T.V's all around the world. The T.V's travel all around the world <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">by Italian transport such as:

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #f10404; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 210%;">﻿**__How is Italy Globally connected to Australia?__**
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ships
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">Cargo planes
 * 3) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cargo boats
 * 4) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">And trucks only go half way

<span style="color: #f10404; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 210%;">**__ ﻿ __** Italy is Globally connected to Australia because people migrate from Italy to Australia or people migrate from Australia to Italy.

Italy and Australia have made many agreements from travel to transport from government to war and definetly culture and lifestyle. Italy and Australia help each other by health and care benefits. The two countries has signed a number of contracts to comfirm air service science and technology and also cooperation.

Italian people gave a now well known recipie to Australia called pizza. Italian people and Australian people love

this type of food. Many other recipies from Italy are now known as pasta lasagne and much more.