The passive voice - La forma passiva

In both languages, a sentence containing an object can be reversed: "L'Inter vincerà la Coppa" "La coppa sarà vinta dall'Inter" ( Inter will win the Cup / The Cup will be won by Inter).
"Il terremoto ha distrutto la città" "La città è stata distrutta dal terremoto" (The earthquake has destroyed the town / The town has been destroyed by the earthquake).

A verb in the passive voice is composed of the auxiliary "essere", in the mood, tense and person required, followed by the past participle of the main verb.

Remarks:

a) the agent in a passive sentence has the preposition "da": "Fu visto da tutti" ( He was seen by everybody).
b) the verb "venire" is sometimes used instead of "essere" as an auxiliary in passive sentences: "Questo vino viene prodotto in Piemonte" ( This wine is produced in Piedmont).