Cultural Icons

Cultural Icons of Italy

Here are a few cultural icons of Italy and a little bit about each!

 

The Colosseum

Source: ... historyoftheancientworld

 

The Colosseum is located in Rome, it is a great piece of history and of Italy's culture. It is built from concrete and stone. The colosseum is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. The Colosseum is also the largest amphitheatre it can hold between 50,000 and 80,000 people. The Colosseum is also on the five -cent euro coin.



Pizza

Source: en.wikipedia.org

When you think of Italy one of things that pops into my mind is defiantly pizza! Pizza was invented in Naples Italy. There has since been many variations of it but it will always be a comfort food for many. In 997 A.D. the word "Gaeta" first appeared in Southern Italy, which translates over to pizza.

The Italian Flag





The Italian flag is a tricolor flag, consisting of three colors starting with green by the hoist side white in the middle and ending with red. Italy has had many different variations to their flag over the years. Italy changed over to the flag they have now after World War II. The flag used to have an emblem in the center.