Italy Cities, Lakes, Rivers and Mountains Leah Healy Conor Dreeling Sophie Malone Emma Daniel

ItalyCities, Lakes, Rivers and

Mountains

Leah Healy

Conor Dreeling

SophieMalone

EmmaDaniel

Facts about Rome

• Built on the River Tiber• 6 million people live in Rome• Was built by Romulus• Rome was a great city of power

in ancient times• Many famous buildings can be

seen even today.

Facts about Venice

• Venice is built on water• Many tourists visit the city every

year.• You have to go around in boats

instead of cars!• You can travel around in a gondola.• The most famous bridge in Venice is

the Bridge of Sighs.

Rivers & Lakes

• Some of Italy’s most well known rivers are– The Tiber– The Po– The Arno

• Some of Italy’s famous lakes are– Lake Garda– Lake Transimeno

Mount Vesuvius

• The most famous mountain in Italy is Mount Vesuvius

• It is a volcanic mountain• It erupted in 79 A.D. and destroyed

the ancient city of Pompeii• The remains were excavated and the

whole city was perfectly preserved

Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii