Fact 1: Italy has three active volcanoes.
Fact 2: Italy is the birthplace of pizza.
Fact 3: Italy is the home of the Catholic Church.
Fact 4: Italy is the birthplace of the Renaissance.
Fact 5: Rome is built on seven hills.
Fact 6: Italy is the world’s largest producer of wine, with an annual production of over 5 billion liters.
Fact 7: The world’s oldest pasta recipe is thought to be from a Greco-Roman cookbook called “Apicius”, written in the 1st century AD.
Fact 8: Rome is the capital of Italy and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.
Fact 9: Italy has the oldest university in the world.
Fact 10: The world’s oldest surviving opera house is located in Italy. It is the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, and it was built in 1737.
00:00 Intro
00:15 Active Volcanoes
00:50 Birthplace of Pizza
01:22 Home of the Catholic Church
02:02 Birthplace of the Renaissance
02:22 Seven Hills
02:44 Wine
03:05 Apicius
03:50 Rome
04:18 Oldest University
04:34 Teatro San Carlo