Basalt rocks on the beach at Praia A Mare by Jesse Andrews


 Clouds over Maiera
by Jesse Andrews


Near Montepulciano

About Italy
A quick summary for people traveling to Italy.

Population: 58,000,000

Area:
total: 301,230 sq km (includes Sardinia
and Sicily)
water: 7,210 sq km
land: 294,020 sq km

Borders:
Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km

Government:
Republican Democracy

Capital City:
Rome

Regions of Italy:
Abruzzo,
Basilicata, Calabria, Campagna (Campania); Emilia Romagna, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Lazio and Roma, Liguria, Lombardia (Lombardy), The Marche, Molise, Piemonte (Piedmont), Puglia, Sardegna (Sardinia), Sicily, Trentino, Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto.

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