Italy

HISTORY OF ITALY
CINQUE-TERRE

Italy's location on the Mediterranean linked it with

the trade routes of the ancient civilizations that
developed in the region.

Italy's first societies emerged around 1200 B.C.

Around 800 B.C. Greeks settled in the south and
Etruscans arose in central Italy.

The first sole emperor of Rome, Octavian, took

power in 27 B.C. and took the name Augustus
Caesar. For more than 400 years, the empire
flourished.
ITALY’S HISTORY
TIMELINE
27 B.C.
A MARBLE BUST OF JULIUS CAESAR
The first sole emperor of Rome,
Octavian, took power in 27 B.C. and
took the name Augustus Caesar. For
more than 400 years, the empire
flourished.
1859-
1861
ANCIENT ROMAN FORUM
In the 12th century, Italian city-states
began to rise again and grow rich on
trade. But Italy remained a patchwork of
territories, some of which were controlled
by foreign dynasties.
1914
COLOSSEUM, ROME
Italy took the side of the United Kingdom and
the U.S. in World War I, but was left in
poverty at war's end. Benito Mussolini and his
Fascist Party rose to power promising to
restore the Roman Empire.
PEOPLE & CULTURE
A FAMILY ON THE ITALIAN ISLAND OF SICILY TAKES A
PASSEGGIATA—AN EVENING STROLL.

• Italian art, architecture, and culture have had an

influence around the world.
• Italy is also at the heart of the Catholic Church,
which is governed from Vatican City, a city-state
surrounded by Rome.
• The family is at the center of Italian society.
 TOURIST SPOT’S

VATICAN CITY FLORENCE DUOMO SANTA ST MARK'S BASILICA

The Vatican is home to some of the world's most MARIA DEL FIORE One of the most important tourist sites in Venice is
Regarded as one of the finest cathedrals in the
priceless art and art collections. The famous Sistine St Mark's Basilica. The cathedral contains a vast
world, the Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, or the
Chapel displays wall and ceiling paintings by treasure of artworks, but the building itself is also a
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, dominates the
Michelangelo and many of other of Italy's most work of art, with a mix of architectural styles.
Florence skyline.
famous artists.
NATURE
For 22 centuries, Italians and their ancestors have
cleared fields, grazed livestock, and hunted wild
animals.

The lower slopes of Italy's Alps are covered with forests.

Above these woodlands are meadows that explode with
specially adapted wildflowers in the spring.

Lake Como
Goverment & Economy
In Italy, politics can often be exciting and noisy

Industry grew, and by the mid-1960s, Italy had become

one of the world's leading economies. Its main exports
are clothing, shoes, food, and wine.

Trevi Fountain, Rome

 TOP TOURIST SPOT’S

MILAN DUOMO
CATHEDRAL OF SANTA MARIA NASCENTE
PANTHEON

THE VALLEY OF TEMPLES

LEANING TOWER OF PISA POMPEII AND VENICE,CANALS
IN AGRIGENTO, SICILY MOUNT VESUVIUS
THE ITALIAN
TRICOLOUR FLAG
01
ON JANUARY 7TH 1797,
The tricolour became Italy’s national flag in Reggio Emilia.
decreed “that the Cispadane Standard or Flag of Three
Colours, Green, White and Red shall become universal

02
THE WHITE AND THE RED
were taken from the age-old municipal coat of arms of the city
of Milan (a red cross on a white field)

01
GREEN
was taken from the uniforms of Milan’s Civic Guards, which
had been green as of 1782.
 HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN FLAG
THE NAPOLEONIC ERA
Napoleon’s first campaign in Italy,
between 1796 and 1799, disrupted the
old system of States into which the
peninsula was divided
THE RISORGIMENTO
During the three decades that followed the
Congress of Vienna, the tricolour flag was
set aside although it continued to be
hoisted as an emblem of liberty in the
rebellions of 1831, in the Mazzini-inspired
revolutions
FROM THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY TO
THE PRESENT
The Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed on
17 March, 1861, and its flag continued to
be the one that was customary prior to the
war of independence.
ITALIAN
CUISINE
One of the most celebrated traditional cuisines in
the world, Italian food has a long complex history
influenced by many different cultures. The roots of
Italian cuisine lie in Ancient Rome, where the
ruling classes feasted on roasted game, fish, and
wine. Meanwhile peasants ate along the lines of
what we would call a Mediterranean diet today:
bread, olive oil, cheese, and seasonal vegetables.
ITALIAN PIZZAS LASAGNE AL FORNO
When most of us think about Italian food, pizza
comes to mind.

PIZZA PASTA
 THE ORIGINS OF ITALIAN CUISINE
01
Since Italy was formed by uniting
several city-states and cultures, the
history of Italian food can become more
complex. Each region in Italy has its
own culture with distinct food traditions
and specialties.
02 03
As different cultures introduced new
ingredients and spices to Italy from the New
INGRIDIENTS
World, Italians began to add more variety Extra virgin olive oil,
and diversity to their dishes. Although, as a Garlic, Fresh Italian
general rule, Italian dishes today can be
simple and tend to focus on two to four tomatoes,
primary ingredients. Basil, Capers, Cheese
 HOW ITALY'S FLAG AND
FOOD ARE DELICIOUSLY
INTERTWINED
The Italian flag made up of three ingredients that help form the base of the country's cuisine: basil, mozzarella and tomatoes.

IN A NEW BOOK ON FLAGS, “A FLAG WORTH DYING FOR: THE

POWER AND POLITICS OF NATIONAL SYMBOLS” BY TIM
MARSHALL
Tim Marshall explores how a "piece of colored cloth" can arouse profound emotions of loyalty, love and pride in the
breasts of its citizens. But of all the hundreds of flags that Marshall encounters, there is only one whose exuberant colors
effortlessly evoke the nation's delicious cuisine: the Italian flag.
"I cannot see this gorgeous, clean, vibrant green, white, and red flag without thinking of food," he writes. "That it shouts,
'Pizza! Pasta!' from a million restaurants around the world is testament to the co-relation between the flag and the cuisine of
the country."
Thank you!
BY GROUP 2

BEA RESUELLO
EULYKA MANALO
JANELLA OROSA
ROSALYN ADELINO BERNAL
CATHLEEN ANGELES
MARIA GEMMA
ZYRA SASO