Capitals

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Capitals - Lisbon is portugal’s capital - Rome is Italy’s capital and largest city - Athens is Greece capital city - Paris is France’s capital - Vatican city is world headquarters for the Roman Catholic Church Country Facts - The Douro river flow through the richest part of Portugal and provides an excellent waterway to Oporto - The Tagus is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula - Portugal led the way in the great age of exploration - The period which lasted from AD. 1300 to 1600 was called the Italian renaissance - Sicily and Sardinia are two large islands that form part of Italy - Sicily has the highest active volcano Mt. etna - Florence is in north of rome on the Arno - Pisa it’s famous for its leaning tower the tower of Pisa - Naples is italys 3rd largest city - Mt. Vesuvius is mainland europes only active volcano - The ruins of Pompeii - Milan is italys 2nd largest city - La scala is europes most famous opera house - Genoa the birthplace of Christopher Columbus is italys largest port and second largest port in the Mediterranean Sea - Turin is located near the source of the po river and is surrounded by mountains - Instead of cars people in Italy use motor boats and...