What is Italy known for?

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martox45

For its good things:
History, works of art, medieval towns, awesome nature, cooking in its whole (pasta, pizza, etc.), friendly and cheerful people, Ferrari cars, fashion stylists, nice language (helped by our continuous hands movement), Neapolitan tarantella and dialectal songs (with mandolinos), family's tightness and care (included men's moms dependence, in my opinion not a defect),

For its bad things :
Mafia and its derivations, corruption in the State, emigration,
men's moms dependence (a defect in other people's opinion).

scatto

anybody know that Italy is famous for the wine too???
and of course for the beautiful climate and landscapes of tuscany!!!!

cecilia

food, wine, archaeological sites, gorgeous people, romantic cities, beautiful beaches, cars, art, soccer, nightclubs... virtually everything! ;)

One word: History. Why? Because is an unique evolution from the moment is founded until this day.

Courtney C

History--The Roman Empire, Pompeii
Culture--The language, speaking with their hands, speaking loudly, laid back, tight families
food--pasta (Spaghetti, Tortellini, sauce, prosciutto (Ham), Bologna, Pizza (Neopolitan), Formaggio (Cheese--Parmigana, Mozarella)
Art--The Renaissance, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Florence's Art, The architecture (Coloseum, Leaning tower of Pisa, multitude of Churches)
The Cities--Venice & Canals, Rome, Florence

MajoCorel

How about the UNESCO World Heritage sites in Italy?

-Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (1979)
-Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980)
-Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980, 1990) * 14
-Historic Centre of Florence (1982)
-Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987)
-Venice and its Lagoon (1987)
-Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990)
-I Sassi di Matera (1993)
-City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994, 1996)
-Crespi d'Adda (1995)
-Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (1995, 1999) 15
-Historic Centre of Naples (1995)
-Historic Centre of Siena (1995)
-Castel del Monte (1996)
-Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996)
-Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996)
-The Trulli of Alberobello (1996)
-18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex (1997)
-Archaeological Area of Agrigento (1997)
-Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997)
-Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua (1997)
-Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (1997)
-Costiera Amalfitana (1997)
-Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997)
-Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (1997)
-Su Nuraxi di Barumini (1997)
-Villa Romana del Casale (1997)
-Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998)
-Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula (1998)
-Historic Centre of Urbino (1998)
-Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999)
-Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (2000)
-City of Verona (2000)
-Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2000)
-Villa d'Este, Tivoli (2001)
-Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) (2002)
-Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003)
-Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004)
-Val d'Orcia (2004)
-Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (2005)
-Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (2006)

Hot men, the most beautiful language in the world, the best food in the word, laid-back approach to work (in the South), and, did I mention, hot men. I'm movin' there when I can.

nichellescollier

italy known for there Spinach ravioli,Gelato,Pizza,
Tortellini in a soup broth, Penne alla vodka which is pasta, Stuffed shells that is just for the food. and for the The Colosseum in Rome and Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance man

Mari76

Good cuisine, art, the renaissance, sports cars (Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati to name a few), motorcycles (Ducati and Aprilia), fashion (Gucci, Armani, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, etc.), the ancient Romans, soccer, good wine, classical music/opera (Verdi, Puccini, etc.), friendly people, etc.

I've been living in Italy for 8 years now.

bubkiss

aside from pizza and spaghetti which everyone knows, Italia has some of the most interesting old ruins in Rome and Pompeii. Beautiful Venice. Great operas in the summer in the open in Verona. The Vatican's museum and church plus the small chapel painted by Michael Angelo. It is a very beautiful country. Do not miss Florence. Milan is a city very much like New York but without the huge buildings. Nothing much to see on the east coast where I lived for 2 1/2 years.

wordtherapy

Their highly attractive men.