492 Great Things About Being Italian comprises 492 individual people, things, places and phenomena that make one proud to be Italian (or half-Italian). From L'Accademia di Belle Arte (the first art school in Florence, founded in 1563) to Zuppa Inglese (an Italian version of trifle), along with the famous such as Ferragamo, Michelangelo, and the Vatican, this is an A-Z of everything Italian.