Useful facts about Italy: Our top 5

In the cover picture of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Tuscany

A round of show-off knowledge: our TOP 5 facts about Italy! If you want to flatten everyone at your next pizza dinner, you should read on. Did you know that Argentina is actually Italian?!

1. BELLA CULTURA! No country has more...

Facts about Italy, Round 1: Italy has the most "UNESCO World Heritage Sites" of any country in the world. The 59 cultural and natural monuments include, for example, the Amalfi Coast, the historic centres of Rome and Florence and the trulli village of Alberobello. Incidentally, China is in 2nd place with 57 sites, while Germany is in 3rd place with 51 sites.

Trevi Fountain, Rome — **Unique scenery at the Trevi Fountain in Rome**

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2. who invented the paparazzi...

Facts about Italy, Round 2: Paparazzi are an invention of Italy's film god Federico Fellini, at least their Italian name. Fellini christened the intrusive press photographer in the legendary film "La dolce vita". Paparazzo.

Fellini had read the book "By the Ionian Sea" while preparing for the film. It also spoke of a hotel owner from Catanzaro called Coriolano Paparazzo the talk. The hotelier had nothing to do with photos and newspapers, but Fellini was fascinated by the name.

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3. Argentina is actually Italian...

photo of colosseum during daytime — **Italy worldwide: Most people...**
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italy facts: a man waving the argentinian flag — **...from Argentina are Italian**
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Facts about Italy, Round 3: According to scientific research, about 60 percent of the Argentine population has Italian roots: a total of 25 million people! By comparison, Italy itself is home to 60 million people.

Argentina is also the country where the largest number of people with Italian nationality outside Italy live, together about 660,000 people.

Up to 70 million people outside Italy have Italian roots. Most of them live in the USA and South America.

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4 Italian is a world language.

Facts about Italy, Round 4. What nobody knows: In fact, the language Italian is spoken all over the world - at least one word is used worldwide. The word "pizza" is one of the few words in the world. P.S. The Finnish word sauna is also part of this, by the way.

title local types — **Pizza love exists all over the world...**

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5. the last facts about Italy are sweet

Facts about Italy, Round 5: It has been scientifically proven that chocolate lifts the spirits. But a simple bar of chocolate is of course not enough in Bella Italia.

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The Italians, or more precisely the Venetians, have invented a food for good humour: Tiramisu. The name means something like "pull me up...".