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- Football is definitely the sport that Italians love most; it is the sport with the most supporters and also the most people who actually play at some level. And of course it is a sport in which Italian teams have always excelled. The national league (campionato) is divided into Serie A, Serie B, and Serie C. Some of the most famous Italian teams are Juventus (in Turin), Milan, Inter (also in Milan), Roma, and Lazio (also in Rome).
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- Tobacconists sell cigarettes and tobacco and are also the only shops apart from the post office where you can buy revenue stamps and postage stamps. They also sell bus tickets and other products and nowadays often offer computerized systems for paying taxes to public bodies. Sometimes there is a bar on the premises. Their sign features a white T on a black background.




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- The Venice Biennale is an international festival of modern art. Since 1895 it has taken place every two years in the Giardini public park in Venice. The Biennale Committee also organizes the international Film Festival. Held annually in September it is the second biggest film festival in Europe after Cannes.
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- In ancient times fresh noodles were made from flour, water, and salt. It was in the Middle Ages, during the Arab rule of Sicily, that people first began to dry and store noodle dough, a process which suddenly allowed pasta to spread first throughout Italy and then all over the world. The dozens of types of pasta known today include not only spaghetti and maccheroni, but also penne, tubetti, lumaconi, conchiglie, bucatini, fusilli, capelli d'angelo, rigatoni, linguine, ziti, and vermicelli.
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- During the long, hot Italian summer the schools close for almost three months of vacanze estive (summer vacation). Italian students are on vacation from mid June to mid September. In August many factories and offices also close, leaving the major cities practically deserted. Early August sees the esodo (exodus) from the major cities while at the end of August comes the controesodo (return). This leads to long lines of traffic on the superhighways and especially at the tollgates.
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- In ancient times fresh noodles were made from flour, water, and salt. It was in the Middle Ages, during the Arab rule of Sicily, that people first began to dry and store noodle dough, a process which suddenly allowed pasta to spread first throughout Italy and then all over the world. The dozens of types of pasta known today include not only spaghetti and maccheroni, but also penne, tubetti, lumaconi, conchiglie, bucatini, fusilli, capelli d'angelo, rigatoni, linguine, ziti, and vermicelli.