Transcript Italy – The Seven Regions

Italy – The Regions
Aim: To find out about the different
regions in Italy and a holiday you
could take in each one.
What is a region?
A region is an area of land that has
common characteristics. It is
different to other regions. The
characteristics can be
1. Physical - climate, soils, plants
that grow there.
2. Human & economic – Same sorts
of economic activities or levels of
development.
The Regions
• Physical Regions – 3 Regions – Alps,
Apennines and the NIP (North Italian
Plain)
• States – 20 states – Political regions a bit
like counties in Britain.
• Economic – 2 regions – More developed
north and less developed south.
• Tourism – 7 regions .
Region 1
Mountains
& Lakes
Region 2 –
North Italy
& Venice
Region 5 –
Neapolitan
Riviera
Region 3 –
Italian
Riviera
Region 6 –
The south
Region 4 –
Tuscany and
Rome
Region 7 SICILY
Mountains and Lakes
North Italy & Venice
Italian Riviera
Click on picture above for a short video on
how Genoa is trying to attract tourism 3:17
Tuscany & Rome
L’Aquilla Earthquake April 09
Before
Mass Burial
Neapolitan Riviera
The South
Sicily