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Italy

• Italian Republic
• National name: Repubblica Italiana
• President: Giorgio Napolitano (2006)
• Prime Minister: Romano Prodi (2006)
• Area: 116,305 sq. mi. (301,230 sq. km)
• Population (2006 est.): 58,133,509
• Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Rome, 2,455,600
• Other large cities: Milan, 1,180,700; Naples, 991,700; Turin, 856,000; Palermo, 651,500; Genoa, 602,500 ; Florence, 460,924; Bologna, 369,300; Bari, 311,900; Catania, 305,900;  Venice, 265,700
• Monetary units: Euro
• Languages: Italian; small German-, French-, and Slovene-speaking minorities
• Ethnicity/race: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south), Sicilians, Sardinians
• Religions: Roman Catholic 98%, other 2%     Source:  Infoplease

Hilltop farm, Tuscany

Venice

Colesium, Rome

Dolomite Alps

Duomo Cathedral, Milan

Forum, Rome

Gulf of Naples

Little car

Michelangelo's David, Florence

St Peter's Square, Rome

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Puglia Beach

Portofino

Galleria, Milan

Trentino

Manarola

Florence

Vatican

Old lighthouse in Carbonifera, Tuscany

Basilica of Superga, Turin

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Hilltop farm, Tuscany

 

Italy's national anthem

 

	For more information on Italy click on the links below: Churches of Italy In Italy Online Infoplease Italian Government Tourist Board Italy Link Italy’s volcanoes Italy Online Palaces in Venice Parks, Reserves and Other Protected Areas Real Italy Virtual Campania Virtual Dolomite Mountains Virtual Florence Virtual Italian Alps Virtual Milan Virtual Naples Virtual Rome Virtual Venice Virtual Verona Webcams-Italy Webcams in Italy Wikipedia Wine regions of Italy World Desk Reference World Heritage Sites
Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi		Italy's national coat of arms