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The Italy portal Portale Italia Italy (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja] (listen)), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana [reˈpubblika itaˈljaːna]), is a country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands. Italy is located in south-central Europe, and is considered part of western Europe. A unitary parliamentary republic with Rome as its capital, the country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial enclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in Tunisian waters (Lampedusa). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union. Due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, Italy has historically been home to myriad peoples and cultures. In addition to the various ancient peoples dispersed throughout what is now modern-day Italy, the most predominant being the Indo-European Italic peoples who gave the peninsula its name, beginning from the classical era, Phoenicians and Carthaginians founded colonies mostly in insular Italy, Greeks established settlements in the so-called Magna Graecia of Southern Italy, while Etruscans and Celts inhabited central and northern Italy respectively. An Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC, which eventually became a republic with a government of the Senate and the People. The Roman Republic initially conquered and assimilated its neighbours on the Italian peninsula, eventually expanding and conquering parts of Europe, North Africa and Asia. By the first century BC, the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became a leading cultural, political and religious centre, inaugurating the Pax Romana, a period of more than 200 years during which Italy's law, technology, economy, art, and literature developed. Italy remained the homeland of the Romans and the metropole of the empire, whose legacy can also be observed in the global distribution of culture, governments, Christianity and the Latin script. Selected article - Top: Panorama view of Mergellina Port, Mergellina, Chiaia area, over view of Mount Vesuvius, Second left: Naples Directional Center (Centro Direzionale di Napoli) and Spaccanapoli Street, Second right: Via Toledo Street, Third left: Naples Media Center, Third right: Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino), Bottom: View of Centro direzionale di Napoli, from Naples Railroad Station Naples (/ˈneɪpəlz/; Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] (listen); Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ, ˈnɑːpulə]; Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις, romanized: Neápolis) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 967,069 within the city's administrative limits as of 2017. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area (that stretches beyond the boundaries of the Metropolitan City of Naples) is the second-most populous metropolitan area in Italy and the 7th-most populous urban area in the European Union. First settled by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the ninth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope or Παρθενόπη was established on the Island of Megaride. In the 6th century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Read more... 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Royal Sardinian Navy Selected picture - Interior of the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome View of Piazzetta San Marco toward Grand Canal of Venice, at dawn, with Doges' Palace on the left and Biblioteca Marciana on the right. The Forma Urbis Romae is a massive marble map of ancient Rome, created under the emperor Septimius Severus between 203 and 211. Porta Soprana is the best-known gate of the ancient walls of Genoa. A section of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo Youth of Moses by Sandro Botticelli, 1481-82, Sistine Chapel South face of the Tofana di Rozes in the Parco naturale regionale delle Dolomiti d'Ampezzo Sellajoch, South Tyrol and Trentino (seen from Pordoi Pass), Langkofel on the left, Piz Ciavazes on the right Dome of Florence Cathedral Did you know... - First Italian balloon flight medal ...that the first Italian public balloon flight (see medal) was organised by Count Andreani in Brugherio? ...that the Monte Viso Tunnel is the most ancient tunnel dug through a mountain in Italy? Selected fare or cuisine - Parmigiano-Reggiano or Parmesan (/ˌpɑːrmɪˈdʒɑːnoʊ rɛˈdʒɑːnoʊ/, Italian: [parmiˈdʒaːno redˈdʒaːno]) is an Italian hard, granular cheese that is produced from cow's milk and has aged 12–36 months. It is named after the producing areas, the provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, the part of Bologna west of the Reno, and Modena (all in Emilia-Romagna); and the part of Mantua (Lombardy) south of the Po. Parmigiano is the Italian adjective for Parma and Reggiano that for Reggio Emilia. Read more... List of fare/cuisine articles Italian cuisine Pizza Ancient Roman cuisine Pasta Roman cuisine Sicilian cuisine Mozzarella Fettuccine Alfredo Acquacotta Carbonara Gelato Marron glacé Minestrone Pizza di Pasqua Chianti Food and dining in the Roman Empire Espresso Italian wine Testaroli Prodotto agroalimentare tradizionale Categories Select [►] to view subcategories ▼ Italy ► Italy-related lists ► Buildings and structures in Italy ► Italian culture ► Economy of Italy ► Education in Italy ► Geography of Italy ► Government of Italy ► Health in Italy ► History of Italy ► Organisations based in Italy ► Italian people ► Politics of Italy ► Italian society ► Images of Italy ► Italy stubs General images - The following are images from various Italy-related articles on Wikipedia. The Vitruvian man by Leonardo da Vinci, representing the ideal human proportions as described by Roman architect Vitruvius, is a quintessential masterpiece of the Renaissance. Italy and the nearby islands in the 1st century BCE. The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello (ca. 1438–40). Giants of Mont'e Prama, Sardinia, Italy, early 1st millennium BC. From left to right, Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler, Mussolini and Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano at the signing of Munich Agreement. Map of Etruscan civilisation. The Redipuglia War Memorial of Redipuglia, resting place of 100,000 Italian soldiers. More than 650,000 died on the battlefields of World War I. The total deaths for Italy amounted to 1,240,000. Imperial ambitions of Fascist Italy in Europe, 1936. Antonio Meucci, c.1880, inventor of the first telephone the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Alessandro Manzoni, one of Italy's greatest 19th-century writers. Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy for almost ten years between 1994 and 2011. Italian states in 1494. Antonio Vivaldi, in 1723. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons Maximum extent of the Italian Empire. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is an Italian art masterpiece worldwide famous Sheets with the iconic picture of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, exposed as a sign of protest against Italian Mafia. They read: "You did not kill them: their ideas walk on our legs". Palazzo della Carovana, the current seat of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Su Nuraxi nuraghe, Sardinia, Italy, 2nd millennium BC. Fiat 600, iconic middle-class dream car and status symbol of the 1950-60s. Insurgents celebrating the liberation of Naples after the Four days of Naples (27–30 September 1943). The Creation of Adam is one of the scenes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, painted by Michelangelo sometime between 1508 and 1512. the Leaning Tower of Pisa Etruscan pendant with swastika symbols, Bolsena, Italy, 700–650 BCE. Louvre Museum. A Ferrari SF70H by Scuderia Ferrari, the oldest surviving and most successful Formula One team. The Battle of Bitonto by Giovanni Luigi Rocco Giuseppe Verdi, one of Italy's greatest opera composers. Portrait by Giovanni Boldini. A 1905 Fiat advertisement. Entrance of Garibaldi into Naples on 7 September 1860 A chocolate gelato ice cream dessert. Italy and the Habsburg Empire in 1547. The signing ceremony of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 1957, creating the EEC, forerunner of the present-day EU. Greek temple of Hera, Selinunte, Sicily. The Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence, which has the biggest brick dome in the world, and is considered a masterpiece of Italian architecture and world architecture. "Italophone" world.   Official language.   Secondary, widely spoken or understood.   Understood by some due to former colonisation. Italian unification. Attack of the far-right terrorist group NAR at the Bologna railway station on 2 August 1980, which caused the death of 85 people. Fresco of dancing Peucetian women in the Tomb of the Dancers in Ruvo di Puglia, 4th–5th century BCE Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1486). Tempera on canvas. 172.5 cm × 278.9 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in). Uffizi, Florence Regions of Roman Italy. Mussolini reviewing adolescent soldiers, late 1944. The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, possibly one of the most famous and iconic examples of Italian art Italy today. Commedia dell'arte troupe Gelosi in a late 16th-century Flemish painting. Neapolitan pizza Margherita. Milan Cathedral is the fourth-largest church in the world. Florence Cathedral, Arnolfo di Cambio, campanile by Giotto dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The Uffizi. Marchese Guglielmo Marconi was the inventor of radio. the Arch of Constantine in Rome. The espresso comes from the Italian esprimere, which means "to express," and refers to the process by which hot water is forced under pressure through ground coffee. the EUR in Rome is a perfect example of modern Italian architecture St. Peter's Basilica is the world's largest Christian church. It is the second church to stand above the crypt (tomb) believed to hold the body of Saint Peter, the first pope. The Naval Jack of the modern Italian Republic features the coats of arms of the four best known medieval Maritime Republics. Clockwise from upper left: Venice, Genoa, Pisa, Amalfi. Contemporary engraving of Naples during the Naples Plague in 1656 The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., reflects the president's admiration for classical Roman aesthetics. Regional seat of RAI in Cosenza. Italian prisoners in El Alamein, November 1942. The discovery of the New World by Christoper Columbus. Italian irredentism map. Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana Store on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas Antonio Canova's Venus Victrix. Italy has been a home for innovation in science in the centuries since Galileo formulated his theories of planetary movement. Official portrait of Benito Mussolini. Residents of Fiume cheering D'Annunzio and his Legionari, September 1919. At the time, Fiume had 22,488 (62% of the population) Italians in a total population of 35,839 inhabitants. Iron Age hut foundations on the Palatine Hill considered to be the Casa Romuli, the reputed dwelling-place of Romulus. Italian Lombard kingdom (781–1014). Pinocchio Disney film is based on The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Emirate of Sicily (831–1072). David, by Michelangelo (Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy) is a masterpiece of Renaissance and world art. The celebration of the Azzurri for the first victory (of four) in the 1934 World football championship This mosaic depicts some of the Gladiators entertainments that would have been offered at the games. Leonardo da Vinci is one of the greatest painters and most versatile geniuses in history. The Capitoline Wolf sculpture in the Capitoline Museums. According to legend, Rome was founded in 753 BCE by Romulus and Remus, who were raised by a she-wolf. The historic seat of the Corriere della Sera in via Solferino in Milan. Federico Fellini, considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century. Italian kingdom in 1919. Brunello di Montalcino is one of Italy's finest red wines, made around the town of Montalcino from a Sangiovese variant known locally as Brunello. The Roman Empire at its greatest extent under Trajan in CE 117. Italian states in 1796. Andrea Palladio is often described as the most influential architect in the Western world. Pyramid of Monte d'Accoddi is an archaeological site in northern Sardinia, Italy, located in the territory of Sassari near Porto Torres. 4th millennium BC. William Shakespeare is an example of an Italophile of the 16th century. Mussolini and Hitler in June 1940. Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, the first Prime Minister in the history of Italy. The Roman Forum, the commercial, cultural, and political center of the city and the Republic which housed the various offices and meeting places of the government. Italian kingdom in 1861. The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world and one of the "Big Three" alongside Cannes and Berlin Umberto II, the last King of Italy, was exiled to Portugal. Galileo Galilei, the founder of modern experimental science. Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister 1945–53, is revered as a founding father of modern Italy and Europe. The Colosseum in Rome, built in the 1st century. Michelangelo's David, one of the symbols of Italian Renaissance. Ötzi the oldest mummy in the world discovered in the southern Alps (region of Trentino-Alto Adige) with extremely sophisticated equipment to that time. 4th millennium BC. Aragonese Castle in Reggio Calabria The Colosseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. Chiostro of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Benito Mussolini during the March on Rome in 1922. Etruscan fresco, 5th century BCE. Italian cavalry in Trento on 3 November 1918, after the victorious Battle of Vittorio Veneto. Italy's victory marked the end of the war on the Italian Front, secured the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and contributed to the end of World War I just one week later. Marco Polo at the court of Kublai Khan (painting by Tranquillo Cremona, 1863). The Pompeii Lakshmi, an ivory statuette from the Indian subcontinent found in the ruins of Pompeii. The Indo-Roman trade relations, beginning around the 1st century BCE, testifies to extensive Roman trade in far away regions. Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, ca. 1482–85. Spanish Republican poster against the Italian intervention in the Spanish Civil War, reading "The claw of the Italian invader intends to enslave us." Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti was murdered a few days after he openly denounced Fascist violence during the 1924 elections. Giuseppe Mazzini. French troops entering Rome in 1798 Carmine Crocco Pasta with pesto sauce. Petroglyph in Valcamonica, Lombardy, the largest collection of prehistoric petroglyphs in the world (10th millennium BC). Ancient Greek colonies and their dialect groupings in Southern Italy.   NW Greek   Achaean   Doric   Ionian Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of Italian unification. Dante Alighieri, one of the greatest poets of the Middle Ages. His epic poem The Divine Comedy ranks among the finest works of world literature. The Roman Empire provided an inspiration for the medieval European. Although the Holy Roman Empire rarely acquired a serious geopolitical reality, it possessed great symbolic significance. Venetian dessert tiramisù. Rai Radio 1. A Prada shop in Singapore. Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic, elected on 3 February 2015. Italian states (1815–1859). Topics Related portals Europe European Union Vatican City Austria France Slovenia Switzerland Associated Wikimedia Portals Activities Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Random portal