What do you know about Italy?
Italy has the eighth-largest economy in the world
Eager to find out more fun facts about Italy? keep reading! 
Here’s a list of Italy-related things you did not know about.

Interesting and fun facts about Italy-Italy has the eighth-largest economy in the world

Italy has the eighth-largest economy in the world and Italy is the third-largest economy in the euro zone.
Industries: tourism, machinery,textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, footwear, ceramics
GDP (purchasing power parity) $2.317 trillion
GDP (official exchange rate):$1.939 trillion 
GDP - real growth rate: 0.34% 
GDP - per capita (PPP): $38,200 (2017 est.)
Gross national saving: 20.3% of GDP.

Interesting and fun facts about Italy- Mafia accounts for more than  7% of the Italian GDP

 Mafia accounts for more than  7% of the Italian GDP,
Mafia is a huge problem in Italy but 7% of the Italian GDP is a huge number too.
The businesses most afflicted by organized crime are in the south, in Sicily, Campania, Calabria and Puglia, the report said.
The Italian Ministry of Interior reported that organized crime generated an estimated annual profit of €13 billion

Interesting and fun facts about Italy-Italy is home to the largest number of UNESCO 

Italy is home to the largest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites with 55.
Italy counts 55 UNESCO World Heritage Sites within its borders. 
Italy’s World Heritage Sites are well-known.,the archaeological area of Pompeii, the City of VeronaFerrara and the Po River Delta, the Historic Centers of San Gimignano, Florence and Rome, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata,the Dolomites,Hadrian's Villa and the Villa D’Este at Tivolithe Sassi (rupestrian architecture and churches) of Matera; the Amalfi Coast and the Aeolian Islands,Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987)
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997)Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps,Residences of the Royal House of Savoy,Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes ,Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, are just some among many others. 

Interesting and fun facts about Italy-Italy is the largest producer of wine in the world.

Italy is the largest producer of wine in the world.
The International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV), has released its initial estimates of the 2020 harvest. Italy is once again in its usual spot as the world’s largest source of wine.
Italy produced around 5.3 billion liters of wine to be the world's largest wine producer. 

Interesting and fun facts about Italy-Population

Population: 62,403,000

With 62 million inhabitants, Italy is the 5th most populous country in Europe.

Ethnic groups: Italian 

Languages: Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige), French ( in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (in the Trieste-Gorizia area).

Religions: Christian 84%, Muslim 4%, unaffiliated 12% (Jewish)

Age structure: Italalia's population is aging, like most EU countries, and this is expected to worsen in the coming years. 
25-54 years: 41% 
55-64 years: 14% 
65 years and over: 23% 

Interesting and fun facts about Italy-Italy has the eighth-Galileo's fingers go on display in Florence museum

 This relic is housed in one of Italy’s most prominent museums 
The middle finger of his right hand, sits in a glass case held perpetually upright, currently on display at a museum in the Florence History of Science Museum Italy.
The body parts were dissected from corpse of the scientist during a reburial ceremony which took place in 1642 when he was aged 77.
95 years after  after his death, three fingers, along with a vertebra and a tooth, were removed from his remains with the middle finge on March 12, 1737

Interesting and fun facts about Italy-Interesting Facts About The Gondolas

If you’ve ever dreamed of traversing the waterways of Venice with the 
Gondolas are undoubtedly one of the things that makes Venice so unique.It’s a great way to see the picturesque city and have a once-in-a-lifetime experience.


Here are some of facts about the gondolas.
The word ‘gondola’ may derive from the Greek ‘kondoura’ meaning ’small boat’.

The gondola originates from Venice and was specifically designed with the Venetian canals in mind.

The earliest recorded use of gondolas in Venice dates back to the 11th century.The first documented evidence of them comes from 1094 .

They’re built in traditional dockyards in Venice.The development of the gondola continued until the mid-20th century, when the city government prohibited further modifications.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, and it’s estimated that the city was home to 10,000 gondolas at that time. There are just over 400 gondolas in active service today.

Law from the 16th century requires gondolas to be painted black.
In the early days, they were used by the nobility to travel around Venice. Gondola owners tried to outdo each other with their ornately decorated gondolas.The law stopped a competition for the flamboyant colours among the nobility.

It costs around 40,000 euros to complete a gondola.

Modern gondolas are handmade but highly uniform. They all weigh 700kg, have 280 component pieces and use eight types of wood.

Its ‘S’ shape represents the bends in the Grand Canal, while the six ‘teeth’ represent the districts of Venice, while the ‘tooth’ sticking out of the back of the prow represents the island of Giudecca.

The prow is known as the ‘ferro’ (iron), it can be made from brass, stainless steel, or aluminium.