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- All About Italy
Information about Italy and the Italian culture
ART
The history of Italian art is in many ways also the history of Western art. Italian art has influenced several major movements throughout the centuries and has produced several great artists, including painters and sculptors.
Major artistic centres in the country include its capital city, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Naples, Turin, and other cities.
HISTORY
Italy has a very rich history starting in the prehistoric times moving to the Etruscans, the Greeks (Magna Graecia), the Romans, the Italian Renaissance and all the way to modern Italy.
The Roman Empire later dominated Western Europe and the Mediterranean for many centuries, making immeasurable contributions to humanity.
Italy - Country profile
Official Name: Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana) Location: Southern Europe Area: 301,340 sq km Population: 61.5 million (2013) Language: Italian Monetary Unit: Euro Climate: Predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south Did you know?
Italy is home to 2 "micro states": San Marino and Vatican City. - Famous Italians
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FAMOUS ITALIANS
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ITALIAN SINGLES
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EVERYTHING ABOUT ITALY
Official Name: Italian Republic Location: Southern Europe Area: 301,230 sq km Climate: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south Population: 58,103,033 (July 2005 est.) Life Expectancy: Male: 76 years
Female: 82 yearsEthnic groups: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Italian-Italians in the south) Religions: predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community Language: 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)
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