Italy Education System
Education in Italy is free and compulsory from 6-16 years of age, and is divided into five stages: kindergarten (scuola materna), elementary school (scuola elementare), middle school (scuola media), high school (liceo) and university (università).
Italy has a high public education standard, beating that of the UK and Germany. Italy has both public and private education systems.
Italy also boasts a large selection of universities, with the University of Bologna (founded in ca. 1088) being the oldest in the Western World, and La Sapienza University in Rome being the biggest in Italy.
Read more about Education in Italy at wikipedia.orgItalian culture
Italy's contributions to the cultural and historical heritage of Europe remain immense. Italy's global and international impact in politics, history, art, culture, philosophy, literature, archaeology, science, opera, cuisine, architecture, fashion, education, religion, cinema, entertainment and music remain vast up to this day.
Elements which are famous of the Italian culture are its opera and music, its iconic gastronomy and food, which is commonly regarded amongst the most popular in the world, its cinema, its collections of priceless works of art, and its fashion.
Italy is home to the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (44) to date. Read more about Culture in Italy at wikipedia.org
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