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strategic location dominating central Mediterranean as well as southern sea and air approaches to Western Europe

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Italy
FlagInfo:wikipedia | flickr
Capital:Rome
Currency:euro (EUR)
Languages:Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d`Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
Population:58,057,477
Area:301,230
Ski
Livigno, Madonna di Campiglio, Passo Tonale, Val di Fassa…
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City
Rome
Dripping with history, ancient artefacts at every step, the `eternal city` will captivate and charm you.
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City
Venice
Canals and gondolas, a maze of palaces and churches, wander, explore and enjoy.
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City
Florence
Mecca of tourists and catalyst of the Renaissance, a city of art and grace. Take time to get away to the beauty of Tuscanny.
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City
Milan
Italy`s second city, a centre of fashion and art.
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City
Verona
The home of Romeo & Juliet and opera…
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City
Naples
Simmering in its sweeping bay, in the shadow of Vesuvius, the dark heart of Italy and gateway to the Amalfi coast.
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Dive
Sardinia, Ustica
For further information see the British Sub Aqua Club site
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Surf
For further information visit GlobalSurfers
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Heritage
Major heritage sites include:
  • Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
  • Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
  • Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura *
  • Historic Centre of Florence
  • Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
  • Venice and its Lagoon
  • Historic Centre of San Gimignano
  • I Sassi di Matera
  • City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
  • Crespi d`Adda
  • Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
  • Historic Centre of Naples
  • Historic Centre of Siena
  • Castel del Monte
  • Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
  • Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
  • The Trulli of Alberobello
  • th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
  • Archaeological Area of Agrigento
  • Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
  • Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
  • Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
  • Costiera Amalfitana
  • Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
  • Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
  • Su Nuraxi di Barumini
  • Villa Romana del Casale
  • Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
  • Historic Centre of Urbino
  • Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
  • Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
  • City of Verona
  • Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
  • Villa d`Este, Tivoli
  • Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
  • Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
  • Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
  • Val d`Orcia
  • Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
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WEATHER DATA FOR ITALY




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Il Giglio, simbolo della città, impresso su di un tombino vicino piazza della Repubblica.
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Italy gems
good gemThe Palio horse-race - Siena
When? ~ July and August
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