Italy

 

Italy, officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a country located in south-central Europe. With 60.4 million inhabitants, it is the sixth most populous country in Europe, and the twenty-third most populous in the world.

Italy's capital, Rome, was for centuries the political centre of Western civilisation as the capital of the Roman Empire.. 

Welcome in Sardinia- 

Sardinia is the second-largest island in the
Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy.

nThe island has a typical Mediterranean climate. During the year there are approximately 300 days of sunshine, with a major concentration of rainfall in the winter and autumn, some heavy showers in the spring and snowfalls in the highlands. It can blow quite strongly, but it is usually dry and cool and makes for a sailor's paradise. 

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Education in Italy:

nEducation in Italy is free and compulsory from 6-15/16 years of age, and is divided into five stages: kindergarten (scuola materna), elementary school (scuola elementare), middle school (scuola media), high school (scuola superiore) and university (università). Italy has both public and private education systems. The different types of Liceo are:

n"Liceo Classico", which features Latin, Ancient Greek, Italian, History and Philosophy as its most important subjects.

n"Liceo Scientifico", where the emphasis is more on scientific and mathematical topics.

n"Liceo Socio-Psico-Pedagogico", where the emphasis is more on scientific, psychological, social, philosophical and pedagogical topics.

n"Liceo Linguistico" puts emphasis on language learning.

n"Liceo Artistico", which is oriented toward arts teaching - both in a theoretical (i.e. Art History) and practical (i.e. drawing sessions) way. 

nThe "Istituto Tecnico" (Technical Institute), called in Italian ITIS (Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale, i.e. National Technical/Industrial Institute) and ITC (Istituto Tecnico Commerciale i.e. Technical/Commercial Institute) is more oriented toward practical subjects, such as aeronautics, business administration, computer science and chemistry.

nThe "Istituto Professionale" offers a form of secondary education oriented toward more practical subjects, enabling the students to start searching for a job as soon as they have completed their studies.

nThe "Istituto d'Arte" is a particular form of Istituto Professionale, which offers an education focused on art and drawing.

nThe Italian school system also features the Scuola serale (evening school), aimed at adults and working students.
                            Capoterra

 

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nCapoterra is the home of the old traditional agro-pastorel.

nThe town is located in a plain at the feet of the rocky hills of monte Arbu and monte Arrubiu that introduces to the wonderful natural sites, these sits can be visited by tourists  with horseback rides.

 

nA lot of the territory is in fact part of the ‘Sulcis Parc’ and the splendid natural reserve of “Is Cannonerisi”, today is the main base of the Sardinian forestall grup. The zone is well know for the quality of it’s myrtle and for it’s mushrooms; it’s also home of a colony of deers

nThere are a lot of things to be seen: the church of ’S.Lucia’, the WWF reserve of the Sardinan deer and of ‘Monte Arcosu’ (the biggest in Europe) that takes us strait in the vegetation, the steel mines of ‘S.Leone’ which is the biggest deposit of the island, the valley of Gutturu Mannu, which is dug into the rock.

nOne of the most important people in the history of  Capoterra was the writer Sergio Atzeni.

Local produce.

nThe fragrant fields at the feet of the mountains of the Sulcis reserve are populated by sheeps and cows. In spring al of these fields are covered by beautiful flowers.

nThe local  gastronomy is well known for it’s mixers of meat fish and fragrant cheeses made from sheep and goat. The meat comes form more or les (pig, lamb, game) the little delights from the sea are mainly bass, bream and crustaceans).

nFor the field come the sweet tomatoes ‘camona’ , fruit, beans and artichokes. The olives and wines are great and the come from the little producers(monica, nuragus).

nWild mushrooms (spring-autumn) and the berries form the myrtle (dicember).

nThe many flowers are produced in greenhouse and are exported in all northern Europe.

 

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