Italy

The presentation was prepared

Student OA-51 group

Kulynych Serhiy

- 2015 -

Geographical location

Italy - a country in the southEurope, in the Mediterranean.It occupies the Apennine peninsula, Po Valley, the southern slopes of the Alps, islandsSicily, Sardinia and more. In mainland Italy borders France to the northwest, with Switzerland and Austria in the north and Slovenia onNortheast.peninsula

Political system• Italy - parliamentary republic. Head of state - president,

elected every seven years by the parliament. Parliament - The highest legislative body - consisting of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Executive power is exercised by the government - the Council of Ministers.

Italian PresidentSergio Mattarella

Parliament Italy

History• History begins in Italy around 500 BC. E. e., when

laid the foundations of the Roman Empire. In 1861 the King of Sardinia Victor Emanuele II proclaimed state. By 1870 Italy was already virtually present boundaries, and in July 1871 Rome became the capital of united Italy. In June 1946, Italy was proclaimed a republic.

Emblem of Italy

Flag of Italy

Official language - Italian.

Religion - Catholicism.

Currency - Euro.

Rome - capital of Italy• Rome - one of the oldest cities in the world, the capital of

ancient Rome. Therefore, Rome is often called "the eternal city".

Largest cities

Milan

Naples

Turin

Florence

Palermo

Venice

Economy• A characteristic feature of placing the economy of

Italy - territorial disparity between North and South of the country. Northern Italy is not inferior in terms of the largest countries in Europe, while Southern Italy close to the less developed countries such as Greece and Portugal. Italy - highly developed industrial-agrarian country, part of the volume of industrial production in the 10 most developed countries.

Industry and agriculture

• The most advanced machinery, petroleum refining, petrochemical, chemical, cement, textile, clothing, leather and footwear industry. Well developed food industry, including wine. The basis of agriculture - crop. Major crops: wheat, corn, rice, sugar beet.

• Italy's contribution to European and world cultural heritage is enormous. Today, the country is the world's largest (forty four) number of monuments of UNESCO.

Culture

Roman Forum

Coliseum

Cathedral in Siena

Tower of Pisa

KitchenIn Italy, the reigning cult pasta.Not accidentally, prudish Europeans call noisy Italians"Makaronnykamy."

Other traditionally Italiandish - pizza.

Italian brands

EU membership• Italy - one of the most important members of the European

Union (EU), the country which initiated its creation. In 1951, with the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (YEOUS) Treaty of Paris was signed with six Member States: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

• With the accession to the EU Italy received significant benefits:

• - Accelerated the concentration of production;• - Opened a free, not burdened by trade barriers, access to the

European market;• - Intensified agricultural development of Italy;

• - Expanded technical modernization of production and so on.

• Italy is in fourth place in the EU, but it• benefited from the integration, effectively using advantages of

international division of labor.