ITALIA

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Across
  1. 4. People throw this in the air at parties and celebrations
  2. 5. Sicily and Sardinia are these
  3. 9. Site of the 2006 Winter Olympics
  4. 11. The most recognized painting in the world
  5. 12. Bridge that spans Brooklyn to Staten Island
  6. 14. Empire existed in this famous Italian city for almost five centuries
  7. 16. Performances at the Metropolitan Opera House
  8. 17. A place people go to gamble
Down
  1. 1. Antonio Meucci invented this device we cannot live without
  2. 2. Leonardo da Vinci invented this lifesaving apparatus
  3. 3. Long, green, squash like vegetable
  4. 6. NYC airport named after this mayor who served during the Great Depression
  5. 7. Explorer who crossed the Atlantic to the Americas in 1492
  6. 8. Italy produces more of this beverage than any other country in the world
  7. 9. Galileo invented this object that measures the temperature
  8. 10. Italy is roughly the same size as this American state
  9. 12. The first "ghetto" in the world is found in this Italian city on the sea
  10. 13. Continents named after navigator Amerigo Vespucci
  11. 15. Gucci, Ferragamo, Armani are all icons in this industry
  12. 17. Rome, Milan, Naples are the three biggest in Italy