QUIRKY FACTS ABOUT ITALY

THE GROTTA PALAZZESE IS ACTUALLY

BUILT RIGHT INTO A GROTTO

IN ITALY, FOOTBALL (SOCCER) FANS ARE CALLED

"TIFOSI" WHICH MEANS "CARRIER OF TYPHUS"

BECAUSE THEIR FANATICISM IS LIKE A FEVER

ITALY HAS MORE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES

THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY WITH 50

ITALY IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF WINE

IN THE WORLD

FOUNDED IN 301 AD, SAN MARINO IS THE WORLD'S

OLDEST REPUBLIC AND IT IS COMPLETELY

SURROUNDED BY ITALY

SAN MARINO ALSO HOLDS THE WORLD'S OLDEST

CONSTITUTION WRITTEN IN 1600

WHATSAPP HAS BEEN CITED IN NEARLY 50%

OF ITALIAN DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS

THE ORIGINAL CHRIST OF THE ABYSS IS LOCATED

JUST OFF THE COAST OF THE ITALIAN RIVIERA