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Italy

Italy. Italian Republic Repubblica Italiana. is a unitary parliamentary republic  in Southern Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia along the Alps. G eneral information. Year of EU entry:  Founding member (1952) Member of Schengen area : Yes

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Italy

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  1. Italy

  2. Italian RepublicRepubblica Italiana is a unitary parliamentary republic inSouthern Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia along the Alps.

  3. General information • Year of EU entry: Founding member (1952) • Member of Schengen area:Yes • Political system: Republic • Capital city: Rome • Total area: 301 263 km² • Population: 60 million • Currency: euro • Listen to the official EU language:Italian

  4. Italy is mainly mountainous, except for the Po plain in the north, and runs from the Alps to the central Mediterranean Sea. It includes the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, Elba and about 70 other smaller ones. There are two small independent states within peninsular Italy: the Vatican City in Rome, and the Republic of San Marino

  5. Vatican City

  6. SenatodellaRepubblica Italy has a two-chamber parliament, consisting of the Senate () or upper house and the Chamber of Deputies (Camera deiDeputati). Elections take place every five years.

  7. The country’s main economic sectors are tourism, fashion, engineering, chemicals, motor vehicles and food. Italy's northern regions are per capita amongst the richest in Europe.

  8. Art, philosophy, political in Italy The centre of the vast Roman Empire which left a huge archaeological, cultural and literary heritage, the Italian peninsula saw the birth of medieval humanism and the Renaissance. This further helped to shape European political thought, philosophy and art via figures like Machiavelli, Dante, Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo. The list of famous Italian artists is long and includes Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Tintoretto and Caravaggio. The country has also produced opera composers such as Verdi and Puccini and film-maker Federico Fellini. Leonardo da Vinci

  9. Italy’s waiting!

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