Facts about Italy: More Quick facts

Facts about Italy presents More Quick facts

Car manufacturer FIAT is one of the best known Italian brands. FIAT stands for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, translated in English - Italian automobile manufacturer from TurinSome very famous cars come from FIAT factory, let's just name few of them: FIAT, Alfa Romeo and Lancia.

Some of the most famous stories of William Shakespeare happened in Italy, let's name just few of them: Julius Caesar, unforgettable Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Winter's Tale.

Volcano Vesuvius erupted for the last time in 1944.

One of the most famous kids story, the Pinocchio, was written by Italian Carlo Collodi.

The most important Italian industries are: tourism - definitely number one industry in Italy, machinery, chemicals, iron and steel, food processing, chemicals, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing and automotive industry.

It is believed that the Northern parts of Italy are much more developed than Central and specially Southern Italy with the Sicily. The majority of industry is concentrated around big cities in the North: Turin, Milan and Genoa. Italy's unemployment rate is around 8 percent, however it is much higher in the South with more than 20% unemployment rate.

Not so long ago Italians were famous for having very big families with 5 or more children, but the things have changed know and at this moment Italy has one of the lowest birth-rate in Europe.

Within Italy you can find two micro states San Marino and famous Vatican City.

Italians invented ice cream.

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