L'Italia Bella

My Culture Heritage Presentation

By Tj Luma

ANR 310

Fall 2004

Italia: location

Italia: location

Nuttin but the facts

Italy has the fifth-highest population density in Europe--about 200 persons per square kilometer (490 per sq. mi.).

Minority groups are small, the largest being the German-speaking people of Bolzano Province and the Slovenes around Trieste. Other groups comprise small communities of Albanian, Greek, Ladino, and French origin.

Immigration has increased in recent years, however, while the Italian population is declining overall due to low birth rates.

Although Roman Catholicism is the majority religion--85% of native-born citizens are nominally Catholic--all religious faiths are provided equal freedom before the law by the constitution.

Italia: The language

Member of the Romance languages Language with the most numerous dialects. Italian peninsula, southern Switzerland, San

Marino, Sicily, Corsica, northern Sardinia, and on the northeastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, as well as in North and South America.

Direct offspring of the Latin spoken by the Romans and imposed by them on the peoples under their dominion

Italia: The language

Che cosa è in su? L'italiano è una lingua bella. “Una giornata senza riso è una giornata

sprecata."

Italia: A Short History

Was not always the United Italy that we know today Feudal states

Napolean 1796- 1814Austria

1861- the Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed. Only Venetia and Rome were not included in the new state (the former was added in 1866 and the latter in 1870).

Italia: A Short History

Unrest in the New Kingdom Socialist outbreak, debt, illiteracy to name a few

reasons

Italia: A Short History

In 1922, Benito Mussolini came to power and, over the next few years, eliminated political parties, curtailed personal liberties, and installed a fascist dictatorship termed the Corporate State.

1941, Italy--with the other Axis powers, Germany and Japan--declared war on the United States and the Soviet Union. World War I in 1914, Italy remained neutral for almost a

year while the government negotiated with both sides. In 1915, Italy finally joined the Allies, after having been promised territories that it regarded as "Italia irredenta" (un-liberated Italy).

Italia: Where my family is from

Journey to the United States

In the United States

Old World Traditions in the New World

Italian Agriculture

http://www.inea.it/pdf/itaco2003ing.pdf

Italia Today

Italians are warm, welcoming people who enjoy sharing the pleasures of life with others: a comforting meal, an inspiring sunset, and a clever joke.

Italy offers delights ranging from fine wines and exceptional cuisine to high art and great historical sites

My experience there…