5 Italian records: did you know that in Italy there is ...

Italian records. To stay at home it has its positives. Especially when it comes to knowledge. Each screen is a window to the world. And looking out you discover many things. For example, Italy holds an incredible amount of records. To keep you company during the quarantine, I propose some.

Italian records

1. In Italy there is theoldest tree in Europe. It is 1230 years old, it is a Bosnian pine and is located in the Pollino National Park, between Basilicata and Calabria. Thinking that that seed sprouted in the eighth century gives you chills. That tree looked immobile at the time of Charlemagne, feudalism, the Renaissance, the advent of modernity, the industrial revolution, the technological one. And it's still there, looking at what's happening to us now too.
2. THEoldest university in the world is in Italy. In Bologna, to be precise. Although it is debated whether the al-Qarawiyyin University of Fez, in Morocco, which is earlier, can be considered a university, being in fact a religious school, it remains that the very concept of university was born in Bologna, as far back as 1088 And it's still there.
3. Il shortest river in the world it is the Aril river, also known as Ri, one of the 25 tributaries of Lake Garda. It is located in Malcesine, in the province of Verona and is just 175 meters long.

4. The longest-running republic in history he lived his events in Italy. This is the Serene Republic of Venice, founded in 697 and abruptly ended by Napoleon in 1797. A republic that lived exactly 1.100 years, a container of timeless stories and flavors.
5. Italy is the country in the world with the most world heritage sites of theUNESCO. With 53 places, it outstrips China, which ranks second. from the Rock Art of Val Camonica to the Dominican church and convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie and Leonardo da Vinci's 'Last Supper', from the Arab-Norman Palermo and the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale to the wine-growing landscapes of Piedmont, Langhe-Roero and Monferrato; from the Medici Villas to the early Christian Monuments of Ravenna… The whole boot is a collection of places declared world heritage of humanity.

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