Italy

Guide to ITALY

ITALY which official name is Italian Republic or Italy, is a country from Europe located at the Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. ITALY with 1,932.2 km sq km, limits with: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km; and is divided in 15 regions . ITALY's capital is Rome which is the most populated city with about 2,643,736 inhabitants.

History of ITALY

ITALY's government is republic; a Republic with a Ceremonial government type, with President Giorgio Napolitano as head of state and Prime Minister Romano Prodi as head of government.

Other symbols of ITALY are Italian anthem "Il Canto degli Italiani (the Song of the Italians) – also known as Fratelli d'Italia and l'Inno di Mameli Italian flag.Italian flag is composed by three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and is green (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of the Cote d'Ivoire, which has the colors reversed - orange (hoist side), white, and green; inspired by the French flag brought to Italy by Napoleon in 1797 .

ITALY's history is quite long: Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the regional states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI established a Fascist dictatorship. His disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration, organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, sluggish economic growth, and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared with the prosperous north.

ITALYs geography

Guide to travel to ITALY

If you are thinking on traveling to ITALY, you will have to take in consideration some points like ITALY's currency, ITALY's weather, ITALY's national holiday and ITALY's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. ITALY`s currency is called euro ( €), which is divided in 100 cents. For your consideration, euro's exchange rate is about St. Theodora Cathedral, Corfu per dolar.0.6347688642.

ITALY's weather is characterized to be predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to ITALY.

You can also consider to visit ITALY on it's national holiday to get in ITALY's culture. If you do so, ITALY's national holiday is called Republic Day, 2 June.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of ITALY: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc). And try also to get to ITALY's lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit ITALY's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to ITALY, with more than 133 airports and 11 airlines, you will get to ITALY without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. ITALY has about19,460 of railways, and also2,400 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Italian Culture

ITALY is known by Italians as Repubblica Italiana or Italia in the shortened way. Italian, about 58,147,733 people, are composed by different ethnics: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south). And they also have different languages: Italian.

Another relevant point nowadays it's ITALY's religion. Italians are divided in Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third regularly attend services), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community). So you can visit any of it's29 like 0.

But if want to know more about ITALY's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Italian novelists' books like Ignazio Silone, Alberto Savinio or Andrea di Robilant.

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