Italy
Italian Republic
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About Italy
Italy has everything from mediterranian beaches on the Adriatic and Mediterranian sea, to luxury mountain ski resorts in the Alps, Dolomites and Apennines mountains, and still active volcanoes like Stromboli or the Etna in the south.
Italy’s cities are literary littered with treasures of its magnificent past with its legacy of da Vinci, Michelangelo, Carvaggio and Botticelli: the curved arches of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the canals in Venice, Napels ''to see and then die'', Pisa, Rome the Eternal City, with its monumental palaces, churches, squares, fountains and its famous Colisseum.
Nestled in Rome is the independent Vatican City, the seat of the Pope and home to the famous St Peter’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel.
Top destinations in Italy
Cities in Italy
- Alessandria
- Ancona
- Andria
- Aosta
- Arezzo
- Assisi
- Asti
- Bari
- Barletta
- Bergamo
- Bologna
- Bolzano
- Brescia
- Brindisi
- Busto Arsizio
- Cagliari
- Campobasso
- Caprie
- Carrara
- Casoria
- Catania
- Catanzaro
- Cesena
- Cinisello Balsamo
- Como
- Cozenza
- Cremona
- Ferrara
- Florence
- Foggia
- Forli
- Gela
- Genova
- Giugliano in Campania
- Grosetto
- L-Aquila
- La Spezia
- Lamenzia Terme
- Latina
- Lecce
- Livorno
- Lucca
- Marsala
- Messina
- Milan
- Modena
- Monza
- Napoli
- Novara
- Padua
- Palermo
- Parma
- Pavia
- Perugia
- Pesaro
- Pescara
- Piacenza
- Pisa
- Pistoia
- Pompei
- Potenza
- Pozzuoli
- Prato
- Ravenna
- Reggio di Calabria
- Reggio nell Emilia
- Rimini
- Rome
- Salerno
- Sassari
- Sesto San Giovanni
- Siena
- Syracusa
- Taranto
- Terni
- Tivoli
- Torre del Greco
- Trento
- Treviso
- Trieste
- Turin
- Udine
- Varese
- Venice
- Verona
- Vicenza
General information
- Capital: Rome
- Language: Italian
- Climate: Predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
- Timezone: UTC+1
- Currency: 1 Euro = 100 cents
- Electricity plugs: f l (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 58,103,033 (July 2005 est.)
- Interl. accesscode +39
- Toplevel domain .it
- Travel alert: EnjoyYourWorld strongly advises you to take necessary precautions for a safe travel. For more info please follow this link
Good to know
Italy is a modern country with deep Roman Catholic roots and great hospitality.
National holiday: Republic Day, 2 June (1946)
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