SOMETHING ABOUT ITALY

POPULATION: 61 MILLION PEOPLE.

CAPITAL: ROME, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED “THE ETERNAL CITY”.

GOVERNAMENT: DEMOCRACY.

CURRENCY: EURO.

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN, WHICH IS COMING FROM LATIN.

OUR FLAGTHE COLOURS REPRESENT

THESE VIRTUES:

HOPE (GREEN),

FAITH (WHITE)

AND CHARITY (RED).

WHERE DO WE LIVE?

SOMETHING ABOUT MISSAGLIA

Missaglia is our little town, the name means “podere” in latin, that is “farm” in English. Missaglia is a comune (municipality) in the Italian Lombardy region. It is a verdant countryside.

It has about 8700 inhabitants and it is situated between Lecco and Monza, not very far from Milan. Here are some photos and pictures about it.

OUR SCHOOL

OUR CHURCH

THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN

MISSAGLIA BY NIGHT

OUR LIBRARY

A LITTLE CHURCH IN MISSAGLIA

AN ANCIENT MONASTERY

SOME OLD IMAGES OF MISSAGLIA

OUR CHURCH- JOHARA

Missaglia- Vasjon

Missaglia -Simone

MONZA

Monza is a historic city and important industrial centre, whose historic centre preserves many monuments. The Cathedral, built in the thirteenth century, contains the famous Corona Ferrea, with its precious stones, which, according to tradition, was wrought from a nail from the cross of Jesus. The fascinating Museum Serpero hosts the treasures of the Cathedral. The Villa Reale, built in neoclassical style by Piermarini at the end of the eighteenth century, has a sumptuous interior with a court theatre, a ‘hemispheric’ room, a chapel and a ‘Hall of Honour’. The Pinacoteca Civica, or public art gallery, is located on the northern wing. A little beyond the Villa Reale is the entrance to a splendid park, one of the largest in Europe, traversed by the river Lambro and with numerous walkways dotted with stables, windmills, farmhouses, small temples, golf and polo courses and the circuit famously used for F1 Grand Prix. The Autodromo di Monza, (Monza race track) is the largest car racing circuit in Italy and is regarded as a significant technical achievement. It has been continuously updated and equipped with the latest infrastructure.

SOME PICTURES OF MONZA...

VILLA REALE

VILLA REALE

ARENGARIO

THE CATHEDRAL

TORRETTA VISCONTEA

THE PARK

THE AUTODROME

Monza, “the park” - Yassine

LECCOLecco grew rapidly starting from the 18th century with the

Industrial Revolution, becoming one of the most important Italian industrial centres, and is today the capital of a wealth, productive province. The city enjoys an almost unique position, surrounded by fantastic, fairy tale countryside. Barricaded between rugged mountains. Its fame is closely tied to its literary mentions in the novel “I Promessi Sposi,” Alessandro Manzoni’s masterpiece. Ancient villages immersed in landscapes so seductive they influenced the renowed brush strokes of Leonardo da Vinci.

The province of Lecco is synonymous with tourism. The land is so rich in natural environments for all tastes and

offers various options for those who love nature, sport and, more generally, outdoor tourism.

THIS IS LECCO

WINTER TIME

THE LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS

THE CENTRE OF THE CITY

The Betrothed (orig. Italian: I promessi sposi) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes. It has been called the most famous and widely read novel of the Italian language.Set in northern Italy in 1628, during the years under Spanish rule, it is sometimes seen as a veiled attack on Austria, which controlled the region at the time the novel was written. (The definitive version was published in 1842). It is also noted for the extraordinary description of the plague that struck Milan around 1630.The Betrothed was inspired by Walter Scott's Ivanhoe and was the first Italian historical novel. It deals with a variety of themes, from the cowardly, hypocritical nature of one prelate (Don Abbondio) and the heroic sainthood of other priests (Padre Cristoforo, Federico Borromeo), to the unwavering strength of love (the relationship between Renzo and Lucia, and their struggle to finally meet again and be married), and offers some keen insights into the meanderings of the human mind.

ALESSANDRO MANZONI

Lecco, “The lake” - Maria Sofia