JOURNEY IN ITALY WITH CLASS 1B

JOURNEY TROUGH ITALY WITH CLASS 1B

The Mole Antonelliana is a monument of Turin, one of the symbols of Italy. It is over 126 years old and it was built from 1863 to 1889. Inside the Mole Antonelliana there's the National Museum of Cinema.

The Mole Antonelliana is in “Dopo Mezzanotte” a film, directed by Davide Ferrario.

It is 667 years old.

Is it in the films “Che bella giornata”

Is it in the center of Milan.It is one of the biggest

churches in the world

The Verona Arena is a Roman amphitheatre . It was built in 1st century (30 AD). It has the shape of an ellipse and it measures 75,68 m x 44,43 m.

It's popular for opera and concerts of international rock and pop bands . It contains 30,000 people but, for security reasons, the maximum attendance is of 15,000 people. It is the ideal location for historical films.

The Tower of Pisa is in piazza dei Miracoli ( Miracles square) in the centre of Pisa in Italy.

It's very big

It's 815 years old.

The Trevi Fountain is in Rome and it's 253 years old. The Fountain is in a famous film “La dolce vita” by Federico Fellini. There is a beautiful story about Trevi Fountain: if you make a wish tossing a coin, the wish comes true.

It's the symbol of Rome .

It's 2000 years old. It's a famous tourist attraction.

It's also in a lot of films , for example in "The Gladiator".

Called by the ancient Romans , Anphitheatrum Flavlum (Flavian Amphitheatre ) , the Colosseum is the biggest amphitheater in the world .

It is one of the Seven wonders of the World .

It is in Campania.

In Pompei there is the Basilica della Beata Vergine del Rosario .

In 79 AD There was the eruption of Mount Vesuvio and since then it Is an awesome site. Today there a lot of visitors because it is an old Roman town.

SASSI DI MATERA

“I Sassi di Matera” are a symbol of Matera and are situated in Basilicata.

Matera is a beautiful town in the south of Italy and in 2014 Matera won the prize “European capital of culture” and by UNESCO awarded with the prestigious award of “A World Heritage Site”.

The nickname of “I Sassi di Matera” is “the city of stones”: the first stone is over 800 years old .

Matera is also present in a lot of films, for example “the two sisters“ or “Basilicata coast to coast”.

MILAN DOM

THE TOWER OF PISA

VERONA ARENA

POMPEI

TREVI FOUNTAIN

THE COLOSSEUM

MOLE ANTONELLIANA