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The Museum of Italy

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Zhiair Bland

Zhiair Bland the Curator of The Museum of Italy. The founder of this museum has done his best work to keep this museum in shape. There are four rooms you can visit about the Government, Energy, History and Culture about Italy. “ I Zhiair, have had the moment of life enjoying this museum everyday,

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Energy in Italy

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History of Italy

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Italy’s Culture

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Italy is best known for pizza and the Coliseum there. Italy is also known for their

rich cultural heritage and natural beauty. This is what Italy is best known for.

Some important factsSome important facts

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One the laws in Italy is striking someone with your fist is considered a felony. A

man may not wear his bare chest out in public. Another law in Italy is that it is

illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood. It is against

their law to attach padlocks to a public statue or building. In Italy, it is illegal to

practice the profession of being a fraud. Did you also know that it is illegal to

practice the profession of charlatanry.

A outdoor weddings are legal also, unlike most of Italy and Europe, outdoor

weddings are legal except for Catholic weddings which must be held in a

church.

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Did you know the capital of Italy is Rome? The location of Italy is a country in

southern Europe. It is a boot shape peninsula that extends into the

Mediterranean Sea. Italy is bordered on France, Switzerland, Austria, and

Slovenia. Italy covers up about 116,306 square miles, which is 301,230 square

miles. Italy largest city is Roma, Latium and population is 2,563,241, Latitude

and Longitude are 41.895 and 12.484.

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The type of government Italy follows is Parliamentary Government. Parliamentary means the political power is held by an elected parliament representing the people. The Parliamentary Democracy is a system of representative government . They follow this democracy because they feel it is the way and to let then control at their own will. This has been their way since June 2, 1946. It has a dictatorship as a monarch.

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There are 6 energy used in Italy. They are Hydrocarbon, solar, Fossil fuels , wind, hydro, and geothermal. They use Solar energy the most in Italy because it stores energy over night.

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COALItaly was one of the first European countries to completely stop domestic coal production, with the last facility closing in 2001. The importance of coal in Italy's energy needs declined to only 7.3 % in 2003, one of the lowest levels in the EU. The country consumed 24.2 million short tons (Mmst) of coal in 2003, the bulk of which fueled electricity generation. According to Euro stat, Italian imports of coal during the first ten months of 2005 came principally from South Africa (20 %) Colombia (13 %) and Australia (12 %).

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The type of energy used in Italy are Coal and coal products 11,755 480,313 2,278,524 oil and natural gas liquids source 93,123 906,066 3,563,084 Natural gas 55,553 786,787 2,012,559. Nuclear 0 303,885 661,901. Hydroelectric 3,901 60,847 222,223. Renewable, excluding hydroelectric: 4,403 64,845 1,097,889. Primary solid biomass (includes fuel wood) 1,477 56,374 1,035,139. Biogas and liquid biomass 145 1,919 14,931.Geothermal 2,737.3 4,886 43,802. Solar 8.9 390 2,217. Wind 34.7 1,227 1,748. Tide, wave, and ocean, these are all the energy used in Italy.

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The ancient times of Italy are the early inhabitants. There are three classes of this, the Italians proper, the Iapygians, and the Etruscans. They are distinguished from each other from their kind of language they speak. The early inhabitants are three races, two regions and they have settled on peninsula in the historical moments. They were the Greek and Gauls.

The Italians inhabited the centre of the peninsula. They were and still are divided into two branches. The Latin's and the Umbro Sabellians. Umbrians, Sabines, Samnites, are their numerous colonies. Italians branched off and that they again were divided into the Latin’s on the west and the Umbrians and Sabellians on the east.

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The development of Italy was the long period of the evolution of Italian, many dialects came up. The multiplicity of these dialects and their individual came upon their native speakers of pure Italian speech presented a difficulty in the evolution. The Italian would reflect the entire centaury of unity of the entire peninsula. The earliest popular Italian documents produced in the 10th century are dialectal in language, the following three centuries Italian writers wrote in their native dialects, producing a number of competing regional schools of literature for them. This is how the language was formed in Italy.

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Gaius Julius Caesar, rue the Ides of March.Julius Caesar was commander and versatile military general in Rome Italy. He was ruthless with using his money and was always gaining power and once he gained power he used it moderately. Julius Caesar was assassinated by the conspirators in Rome on the Ides of March in 44 B.C.E. When he died he left his mark on the history of Rome and Europe of Italy.

Nero, Corruption PersonifiedNero was the Roman Emperor from 54-68 C.E. He was adopted by Emperor Claudius, and he succeeded him upon his death. His reign was characterized by the extravagance and tyranny. He was guilty of many murders and including his wife’s death. He got accused of letting the fire that destroyed two-thirds of Rome to burn down. Not only did he escape being overthrown, but he committed suicide.

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The predominately Roman Catholic with mature protestant and Jewish communities and are growing Muslim immigrant communities. Catholicism is the largest religion group in Italy. Catholics make up about 87.8 of the population. Only 36.8 considers themselves as practicing Catholics and 30.8% attending Church every Sunday. Only 74% of Italian citizens responded that they believe there is a God,16% said that they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force,6% said that they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, God, or life force.

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The Italian economy has really changed dramatically since the World War II. Since then they have been doing agriculturally based economy, it has developed into a deep industrial state. They have been ranked on being the 7th largest market economy. Most raw materials needed for manufacturing and more than 80% of the country's energy sources. Italy's economic strength is in the processing and the manufacturing of goods for all houses of family.

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Rome is Italy’s biggest city and has the top travel destination in Italy with many top attraction to people eyes. In Rome you will encounter ancient monuments, medieval and Renaissance buildings used by the emperors that once ruled Italy. Rome is the capital of modern Italy.

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