Why italy is the best country in the world

There is a reason it is known as the Eternal City. Tell Your Story. Pitch your story for editorial consideration. Get the Print Edition. Delivered to your front door weekly. Facebook Twitter. Taking the number one spot for most influential, Italian art has almost been the sole influence towards several major movements throughout time, and has produced a huge amount of amazingly talented artists, painters, architects and sculptors.

With big names such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio and Botticelli all hitting the art scene at one point or another, there were and still are hundreds more making waves in the industry.

And that's not even the half of it! Since prehistoric times, there has always been something going on in the Italian peninsula; from cave drawings to the Romans, the subject of art has always been important to the development of the country, and will most likely continue to do so.

Even today, artists around the world make Italy their number one "must see" hot spot, due to the hundreds of galleries, exhibitions, and museums all displaying the most beautiful creations from the distant past to the present day. Italy is so damn cool that it even has independent countries inside of itself.

That's right, two independent states exist within the country's boundaries, San Marino and Vatican City. So, the Vatican isn't actually in Italy after all, it's technically in Vatican City, a walled city inside the capital city of Rome. Confusing, huh? Well, with the Vatican declared as the holiest place on earth, it was decided that the Pope might as well be its leader, answering to no government or force of law.

However, although it still uses the Euro as a form of currency, Vatican City is currently not a member of the European Union due to the reason that only democracies are allowed in the EU. And the same goes for San Marino, which is currently Europe's third smallest country, with its parliamentary rules based on writings from the 16th century.

And Italy is only the size of Arizona! Yet the People's front of Judea, as they were so fondly and mistakenly remembered, didn't really think ahead about what the Romans actually did do for us.

From better sanitation, medicine, education, irrigation, public health, a freshwater system, baths, public order and roads, to name just a few, the Romans did rather a lot. But it was conquering other countries that really put them into the history books, of course. That's right, invading much of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, the Romans had it all, taking everything that came in front of them, even Britain.

Yup, the Romans were so good at stealing countries that they even managed to invade the usually locked and bolted island that is the UK, although it did take them three attempts to do so. Famed around the world for having the most prominent fashion scene on the market, Italian fashion brands and houses have almost always been at the forefront. With cities such as Venice, Florence, Naples and the fashion capital of the world Milan, producing robes, jewelry and glamorous textiles as early as the 11th century, the fashion industry really began to peak during the Renaissance, with art, music and fashion all equally flourishing.

However, it was during the s that things really began to take off, when Italian businessman and trendsetter Giovanni Battista Giorgini, held a fashion show in Florence with the sole intention of bringing Italy back to the forefront of world fashion. With brands such as Gucci, Valentino Garavani, Dolce and Gabbana, and hundreds more continuing to supply to the rich and famous, Italy will forever be the fashion capital of the world.

OK, so we may have mentioned him a number of times already, but surely the most intelligent, most creative, and most interesting man to have ever graced this earth needs his own category. Born in an era way before his time, da Vinci is by far one of the most influential minds that Italy has ever produced. Mainly remembered as the Italian Renaissance artist and sculptor, da Vinci was also a hugely talented engineer, scientist, and inventor.

Was there anything this man couldn't do? In short- no. As well as drafting the first diagram for a flying object years before its time, da Vinci was also heavily involved in anatomy, which he studied in order to paint more accurately. Living to the respectable age of 67 years old, da Vinci will always be remembered as the man that really knew it all. Sources: lifeinitaly , telegraph , biography.

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