Italian Team - My Country, my school

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“Christmas Carols”
My Country, my town and my school
Italian Team

2. Italy is a Parliamentary Republic, the
President is Sergio Mattarella and
Prime Minister is Giorgia Meloni, the
first female Prime Minister in Italy.
The capital is Rome. The population
is around 60 million and the currency
is Euro. The official language is
Italian, but there are minor German,
French and Slovenian speaking
communities.
Italy: our Country

3. Italy is subdivided into 20 regions, five
of these regions have a special
autonomous status that enables them to
enact legislation on some of their local
matters. (Sicily is one of these). The
country is further divided into 110
provinces and 8,100 municipalities. Italy
is also known by other names: Bel
Paese (beautiful country) and Lo Stivale
(the boot). In Italy the National Sport is
Football.
Italy: our Country

4. Sicily is the largest of the Italian islands.
It is considered one of the pearls of
southern Italy for its beautiful coasts and
its magnificent volcano: Etna, which
offers breathtaking landscapes,
protected areas and natural parks.
Sicilian enormous and invaluable wealth
is due not only to the richness of
monuments and natural beauty, but also
to its gastronomic tradition, which has
Greek, Spanish, French and Arab
influences.
Sicily:our Region

5. Portopalo of Capo Passero is a town
of just 3,600 inhabitants in the
province of Syracuse.
Portopalo is 58 kilometers from
Syracuse and is the southernmost
town in Sicily.
Its territory includes the Island of
Capo Passero a few tens of meters
from the mainland and the Correnti
Island a few kilometers away.
Portopalo of Capo Passero:our Village

6. Portopalo's economy is strongly
linked to the sea, both because
fishing is one of the most
important resources of the
residents and because summer
tourism is linked to the sea and
the beauty of its coast.
In fact, in the summer months the
population increases thanks to the
tourists who flock to this
extraordinary and fascinating
landscape every year.
Portopalo of Capo Passero:our Village

7. The school includes
kindergarten, elementary
and middle school. It has
around 350 pupils, some of
whom come from various
foreign countries (Tunisia,
Morocco, Romania and
Poland) and around 60
teachers and 27
employees.
The "Silvio Pellico" middle school is located in
Portopalo Capo Passero, a small seaside village.
IC Pellico: our School

8. Furthermore, the “Silvio Pellico” school
in Portopalo is also a music school,
pupils can choose to study 4 musical
instruments: piano, guitar, oboe and
trumpet.
To support teaching, the school has an
ICT classroom, an art classroom, a
science laboratory, a library, 4 music
laboratories, a large indoor and outdoor
gym and a lecture hall. Students
participate in various national and
international projects.
IC Pellico: our School

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IC Pellico: our School

10. IC Pellico: our School

11. THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION
ITALIAN TEAM