Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, was once the core of the mighty Roman Empire, and the cradle of the Renaissance. Along with Greece, it is regarded as the "birthplace" of Western culture, and it is also home to the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world, including high art and monuments.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Rome
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Rome, the 'Eternal City', is the capital and largest city of Italy and of the Lazio region.
Venice
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Venice is a sanctuary on a lagoon that is virtually the same as it was 600 years ago, which adds to the fascinating character.
Milan
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Milan is financially the most important city in Italy, and home to the Borsa Italiana stock exchange.
Destinations
Central Italy
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Central Italy contains several distinctive regions that have played a formidable role not only in Italian history, but in world history, as the centres of the Etruscan and Roman civilizations and of the Holy See of the Catholic Church.
Northwest Italy
Northwest Italy consists of four of Italy's regions: Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy and Valle d'Aosta.Southern Italy
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Southern Italy, sometimes known as Mezzogiorno, encompasses five of Italy's twenty regions.
Northeast Italy
Northeast Italy is both one of the most affluent and visited areas of Italy.Sicily
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Sicily is a rugged and beautiful island on the southern tip of Italy, and is one of the country's 20 regions.
Sardinia
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Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea after Sicily, between the Balearic islands and the Italian peninsula and south of Corsica.
Italy
- Type: Country with 60,700,000 residents
- Description: country in Southern Europe
- Languages: Italian, German, French, Sardinian, Catalan, Corsican and Slovenian
- Neighbors: Algeria, Austria, France, Malta, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland and Vatican
- Categories: sovereign state, social state, unitary state, republic, Mediterranean country, great power, OECD country and locality
- Location: Europe
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Latitude of centre
42.9° or 42° 54' northLongitude of centre
12.5° or 12° 30' eastPopulation
60,700,000Area
301,230 km² (116,306 miles²)Elevation
673 metres (2,208 feet)Capital
RomeCurrency
Euro (EUR)Phone code
.itInternet domain
39OpenStreetMap ID
node 26347360OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
3175395Wikidata ID
Q38Italy Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Италиа
- Abkhazian: Ṭṭelyan
- Achinese: Itali
- Adyghe: Италие
- Afar: Italiya
- Afar: Italy
- Afrikaans: Italië
- Akan: Itali
- Akan: Italy
- Albanian: Itali
- Albanian: Italia
- Algerian Arabic: إيطاليا
- Algerian Arabic: الطاليان
- Amharic: Italy
- Amharic: ጣሊያን
- Amharic: ጣልያን
- Amis: Italy
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἰταλία
- Angika: इटली
- Arabic: Italya
- Arabic: إيطاليا
- Arabic: ايطاليا
- Aragonese: Italia
- Armenian: Իտալական Հանրապետություն
- Armenian: Իտալիա
- Arpitan: Italie
- Arpitan: Étalia
- Arpitan: Étalie
- Assamese: ইটালি
- Assamese: ইটালী
- Asturian: Italia
- Asturian: Repubblica Italiana
- Asturian: República Italiana
- Asturian: República d'Italia
- Atayal: Italy
- Atikamekw: Italie
- Atikamekw: Tariaw Aski
- Avaric: Italia
- Avaric: Италия
- Awadhi: इटली
- Aymara: Italiya
- Azerbaijani: İtaliya
- Balinese: Italia
- Bambara: Itali
- Bambara: Italiya
- Bashkir: Италия
- Basque: Italia
- Bavarian: Italien
- Belarusian: Італьянская Рэспубліка
- Belarusian: Італія
- Belarusian: Рэспубліка Італія
- Bengali: ইতালি
- Bengali: ইতালিয়া
- Bengali: ইতালীয় প্রজাতন্ত্র
- Bengali: রিপাবলিকা ইতালিয়ানা
- Bhojpuri: इटली
- Bhojpuri: इतालिया
- Bishnupriya: ইতালি
- Bislama: Italy
- Bosnian: Italija
- Breton: Italia
- Buginese: Italia
- Buginese: ᨕᨗᨈᨒᨗᨕ
- Bulgarian: Италианска република
- Bulgarian: Италия
- Burmese: အီတလီ
- Burmese: အီတလီနိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Estat Italià
- Catalan: Itàlia
- Catalan: República Italiana
- Cebuano: Italya
- Central Bikol: Italya
- Central Kurdish: ئیتالیا
- Central Kurdish: ئیتاڵی
- Central Kurdish: ئیتاڵیا
- Chamorro: Italia
- Chavacano: Italia
- Chechen: Итали
- Cherokee: ᎢᏔᎵ
- Cherokee: ᎢᏔᎵᏱ
- Cheyenne: Italy
- Chinese: Yìdàlì
- Chinese: Í-tāi-lī
- Chinese: 意大利 / 義大利
- Chinese: 意大利
- Chinese: 意大利共和国
- Chinese: 意大利共和國
- Chinese: 義大利
- Chinese: 義大利共和國
- Church Slavic: Їталїꙗ
- Church Slavic: Италїꙗ
- Church Slavic: Италї
- Chuvash: Итали
- Cornish: Itali
- Corsican: Italia
- Cree: ᐃᑕᓖ
- Crimean Tatar: İtaliya
- Croatian: Italija
- Croatian: Republika Italija
- Czech: Itálie
- Dagbani: Italia
- Danish: Italien
- Dhivehi: އިޓަލީވިލާތް
- Dimli (individual language): İtalya
- Dotyali: इटाली
- Dutch: IT
- Dutch: ITA
- Dutch: Italiaanse Republiek
- Dutch: Italie
- Dutch: Italië
- Dutch: Republiek Italië
- Dzongkha: ཨི་ཊ་ལི
- Dzongkha: ཨྀཊ་ལི་
- Eastern Mari: Италий
- Egyptian Arabic: ايطاليا
- English: IT
- English: ITA
- English: Italia
- English: Italian Republic
- English: Repubblica Italiana
- English: Republic of Italy
- Erzya: Италия Мастор
- Esperanto: IT
- Esperanto: ITA
- Esperanto: Itala Respubliko
- Esperanto: Italio
- Esperanto: Italujo
- Estonian: Itaalia
- Estonian: Itaalia Vabariik
- Ewe: Italia nutome
- Ewe: Italy
- Extremaduran: Italia
- Extremaduran: Itália
- Faroese: Italia
- Fiji Hindi: Italy
- Fijian: Itali
- Fijian: Italia
- Finnish: Italia
- Finnish: Italian tasavalta
- French: IT
- French: ITA
- French: It.
- French: Ita.
- French: Ital.
- French: Italia
- French: Italie
- French: République Italienne
- French: la République italienne
- Friulian: Italie
- Fulah: Itali
- Fulah: Italiya
- Gagauz: İtaliya
- Galician: Italia
- Galician: República Italiana
- Gan Chinese: 意大利
- Ganda: Yitale
- Georgian: იტალია
- German: IT
- German: ITA
- German: Italien
- German: Italienische Republik
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Italy
- Goan Konkani: Italy
- Goan Konkani: इटली
- Gorontalo: Italia
- Gothic: 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌰
- Gothic: 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰
- Greek: Ιταλία
- Greek: Ιταλική Δημοκρατία
- Guarani: Itália
- Guianese Creole French: Itali
- Gujarati: ઇટાલી
- Gujarati: ઈટલી
- Haitian: Itali
- Hakka Chinese: Yi-thai-li
- Hausa: Italiya
- Hausa: Yi-thai-li
- Hausa: ʻĪkālia
- Hawaiian: Italia
- Hawaiian: ʻĪkālia
- Hebrew: איטליה
- Hindi: इटली
- Hungarian: Olaszország
- Icelandic: Ítalía
- Ido: Italia
- Igbo: Italy
- Iloko: Italia
- Inari Sami: Italia
- Inari Sami: Italia täsiväldi
- Indonesian: IT
- Indonesian: Itali
- Indonesian: Italia
- Indonesian: Repubblica Italiana
- Indonesian: Republik Italia
- Indonesian: it
- Ingush: Итали
- Interlingua: Italia
- Interlingue: Italia
- Inuktitut: Italy
- Inupiaq: Italy
- Irish: An Iodáil
- Irish: Iodáil
- Irish: Italia
- Irish: an Iodáil
- Italian: Bel Paese
- Italian: IT
- Italian: ITA
- Italian: Italia
- Italian: Repubblica Italiana
- Italian: Repubblica italiana
- Italian: il Bel Paese
- Italian: it
- Italian: la penisola
- Jamaican Creole English: Itali
- Japanese: イタリア
- Japanese: イタリア共和国
- Javanese: Itali
- Kabardian: Урым
- Kabiyè: Itaalii
- Kabuverdianu: Itália
- Kabyle: Ṭṭelyan
- Kalaallisut: Italia
- Kalmyk: Италмудин Орн
- Kannada: ಇಟಲಿ
- Kara-Kalpak: İtaliya
- Karachay-Balkar: Италия
- Kashmiri: اِٹلی
- Kashmiri: اِٹَلی
- Kashubian: Italskô
- Kazakh: Италия
- Khmer: ប្រទេសអ៊ីតាលី
- Khmer: អ៊ីតាលី
- Kikuyu: Italia
- Kinyarwanda: Ubutaliyani
- Kirghiz: Италия
- Komi-Permyak: Италья
- Komi: Италия
- Kongo: Italia
- Korean: 이딸리아
- Korean: 이탈리아
- Korean: 이태리
- Kotava: Italia
- Kurdish: Îtalya
- Kölsch: Italie
- Ladin: Bel Paese
- Ladin: ITA
- Ladin: Italia
- Ladin: Italy
- Ladin: Repubblica italiana
- Ladin: Republica taliana
- Ladin: Talia
- Ladino: Italia
- Lak: Италия
- Lao: Italia
- Lao: ອິຕາລີ
- Lao: ອີຕາລີ
- Latgalian: Italeja
- Latin: Italia
- Latvian: Itālija
- Lezghian: Италия
- Ligurian: Italia
- Limburgan: Italië
- Lingala: Itali
- Lingala: Italya
- Lingua Franca Nova: Italia
- Literary Chinese: 義大利
- Lithuanian: Italija
- Liv: Itāļmō
- Livvi: Itualii
- Lojban: gugdrxitali
- Lojban: italias
- Lombard: Itàlia
- Low German: Italien
- Low German: Italiën
- Lower Sorbian: Italska
- Luba-Katanga: Itali
- Lule Sami: Itálla
- Luxembourgish: Italieenesch Republik
- Luxembourgish: Italien
- Macedo-Romanian: Italia
- Macedonian: Италија
- Madurese: Italia
- Maithili: इटली
- Malagasy: Italia
- Malay: Itali
- Malay: ايتالي
- Malayalam: ഇറ്റലി
- Maltese: Italja
- Maltese: Repubblika Taljana
- Maltese: l-Italja
- Manipuri: ꯏꯇꯥꯂꯤ
- Manipuri: ꯏꯇꯥꯂꯤꯌꯥ
- Manx: Yn Iddaal
- Maori: Itāria
- Marathi: इटली
- Mazanderani: ایتالیا
- Min Dong Chinese: É-dâi-lé
- Min Nan Chinese: Italia
- Min Nan Chinese: Italy
- Min Nan Chinese: Tāi-gī-kok
- Min Nan Chinese: Ì-kok
- Min Nan Chinese: Ì-tāi-lī
- Min Nan Chinese: Í-tāi-lī
- Minangkabau: Italia
- Mingrelian: იტალია
- Mirandese: Eitália
- Moksha: Италия
- Moksha: Италиянь Республикась
- Mongolian: Итали
- Mongolian: ꯏꯇꯥꯂꯤ
- Moroccan Arabic: الطاليان
- Mossi: Italy
- N'Ko: ߌߕߊߟߌ߫
- Narom: Italie
- Nauru: Italy
- Nauru: Itari
- Navajo: Doohatsʼíí Yátiʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah
- Neapolitan: Italia
- Nepali: इटली
- Nepali: इटाली
- Newari: इटाली
- Nias: Italia
- North Ndebele: Itali
- Northern Frisian: Itaalien
- Northern Luri: ایتالیا
- Northern Sami: Itália
- Northern Sami: Itália dásseváldi
- Norwegian: Italia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Den italienske republikk
- Norwegian Bokmål: Italia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Italia
- Novial: Italia
- Nyanja: Italia
- Occitan (post 1500): Estat italian
- Occitan (post 1500): Itàlia
- Occitan (post 1500): Republica italiana
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܝܛܠܝܐ
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܝܜܠܝܐ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Italia
- Oriya: ଇଟାଲୀ
- Oromo: Italy
- Oromo: Xaaliyaanii
- Ossetian: Итали
- Pali: इटली
- Pampanga: Italia
- Pampanga: Italy
- Pampanga: Italya
- Pangasinan: Italia
- Panjabi: ਇਟਲੀ
- Papiamento: Italia
- Pedi: Italia
- Pennsylvania German: Idali
- Persian: ایتالیا
- Pfaelzisch: Idalje
- Pfaelzisch: Italien
- Picard: Italie
- Piemontese: Italia
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Italii
- Polish: Włochy
- Pontic: Ιταλία
- Portuguese: Itália
- Portuguese: República da Itália
- Pushto: اټاليا
- Pushto: ایټالیه
- Pushto: اېټاليا
- Quechua: Italia
- Quechua: Italya
- Romagnol: Itaglia
- Romagnol: Itâglia
- Romanian: Italia
- Romanian: Republica Italiană
- Romansh: Italia
- Rundi: Italya
- Rundi: Ubutaliyani
- Rundi: Ubutariyano
- Russia Buriat: Итаали
- Russia Buriat: Итали
- Russian: Италия
- Russian: Итальянская Республика
- Rusyn: Італія
- Sakizaya: Italy
- Samoan: Italia
- Samogitian: Italėjė
- Sango: Italùii
- Sanskrit: इटली:
- Sanskrit: इटली
- Santali: ᱤᱴᱟᱞᱤ
- Saraiki: اٹلی
- Sardinian: Itàlia
- Saterfriesisch: Italien
- Scots: Italy
- Scottish Gaelic: An Eadailt
- Serbian: Italija
- Serbian: Италија
- Serbo-Croatian: Italie
- Serbo-Croatian: Italija
- Serbo-Croatian: Ṭṭalyan
- Shan: မိူင်းဢီႇတႃႇလီႇ
- Shona: Italy
- Shona: Itari
- Sichuan Yi: ꑴꄊꆺ
- Sicilian: Italia
- Silesian: Italijo
- Sindhi: اٽلي
- Sinhala: ඉතාලිය
- Sinhala: සිංහල
- Skolt Sami: Italia
- Skolt Sami: Italia tääʹssväʹldd
- Slovak: Talianska republika
- Slovak: Taliansko
- Slovenian: Italija
- Somali: Talyaani
- Somali: Talyaaniga
- South Azerbaijani: ایتالیا
- Southern Altai: Италия
- Southern Sami: Itaalia
- Southern Sotho: Ithali
- Spanish: IT
- Spanish: ITA
- Spanish: Italia
- Spanish: República Italiana
- Sranan Tongo: Italiyanikondre
- Sundanese: Itali
- Sundanese: Italia
- Swahili: Italia
- Swahili: Uitaliani
- Swati: INtaliyane
- Swedish: Italia
- Swedish: Italien
- Swedish: Republiken Italien
- Swiss German: Italie
- Tachelhit: Ṭṭalyan
- Tagalog: Italya
- Tahitian: ’Itāria
- Tajik: Италия
- Tajik: Итолиё
- Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Италия
- Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Итолиё
- Talysh: İtaliya
- Tamil: இத்தாலி
- Tamil: இத்தாலியா
- Taroko: Italy
- Tatar: Италия
- Telugu: ఇటలీ
- Tetum: Itália
- Thai: Italy
- Thai: ประเทศอิตาลี
- Thai: สาธารณรัฐอิตาลี
- Thai: อิตาลี
- Thai: อิตาลี่
- Tibetan: དགྱིའི་དའ་རླིས
- Tibetan: ཨི་ཀྲར་ལི་
- Tibetan: ཨི་ཏ་ལི།
- Tigrinya: IT
- Tigrinya: ITA
- Tigrinya: ሪፓብሊክ ኢጣልያ
- Tigrinya: ኢጣልያ
- Tigrinya: ኢጣልያዊት ሪፓብሊክ
- Tigrinya: ጣሊያን
- Tok Pisin: Itali
- Tok Pisin: Italia
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻĪtali
- Tosk Albanian: Italien
- Tsonga: Ithali
- Tswana: Italia
- Tulu: ಇಟಲಿ
- Tumbuka: Italy
- Tunisian Arabic: إيطاليا
- Turkish: İtalya
- Turkish: İtalyan Cumhuriyeti
- Turkmen: Italiýa
- Tuvinian: Италия
- Twi: Italy
- Tyap: IT
- Tyap: ITA
- Tyap: Italiya
- Tyap: Ri̱pobi̱lik Italiya
- Udmurt: Италия
- Uighur: ئىتالىيە
- Ukrainian: Італія
- Upper Sorbian: Italska
- Urdu: اطالیہ
- Urdu: اٹلی
- Uzbek: Italiya
- Venda: Italy
- Venetian: Itałia
- Venetian: Itàlia
- Venetian: Itàłia
- Veps: Italii
- Veps: Italijan Tazovaldkund
- Vietnamese: Italia (Ý)
- Vietnamese: Italia
- Vietnamese: Italy
- Vietnamese: Ý
- Vlaams: Itoalië
- Vlax Romani: Italiya
- Volapük: Litaliyän
- Võro: Itaalia
- Walloon: Itåleye
- Waray (Philippines): Italya
- Welsh: Yr Eidal
- Welsh: yr Eidal
- Western Armenian: Իտալիա
- Western Balochi: ایتالیا
- Western Frisian: Itaalje
- Western Frisian: Italië
- Western Mari: Италия
- Western Panjabi: اٹلی
- Wolof: Itaali
- Wolof: Itali
- Wu Chinese: 意大利
- Xhosa: IItaly
- Yakut: Италия
- Yiddish: איטאַליע
- Yiddish: איטאליע
- Yoruba: Itáli
- Yoruba: Itálíà
- Yue Chinese: 意
- Yue Chinese: 意國
- Yue Chinese: 意大利
- Yue Chinese: 意大利共和國
- Yue Chinese: 義
- Yue Chinese: 義國
- Yue Chinese: 義大利
- Zeeuws: Itâlië
- Zhuang: Eiqdaihleih
- Zulu: ITaliya
- Zulu: i-Italy
- Itaglie
- ma Italija
- Италэ
- အီတလီခမ်းထီ
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