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    Italy is a peninsula located in Southern Europe, surrounded by water except for its northern border. It has a long coastline and is home to many historical cities like Rome, Florence, and Venice. Italy has a diverse landscape and is known for its architectural and artistic achievements throughout history. Some of its most famous exports are opera, classical music, and regional cuisines that feature ingredients like pasta, cheese, and wine. Italy also contains the small independent states of San Marino and Vatican City within its borders.

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    Italy is a peninsula located in Southern Europe, surrounded by water except for its northern border. It has a long coastline and is home to many historical cities like Rome, Florence, and Venice. Italy has a diverse landscape and is known for its architectural and artistic achievements throughout history. Some of its most famous exports are opera, classical music, and regional cuisines that feature ingredients like pasta, cheese, and wine. Italy also contains the small independent states of San Marino and Vatican City within its borders.

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    Italy is a peninsula located in Southern Europe, surrounded by water except for its northern border. It has a long coastline and is home to many historical cities like Rome, Florence, and Venice. Italy has a diverse landscape and is known for its architectural and artistic achievements throughout history. Some of its most famous exports are opera, classical music, and regional cuisines that feature ingredients like pasta, cheese, and wine. Italy also contains the small independent states of San Marino and Vatican City within its borders.

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    GEOGRAPHY

    Italy is a peninsula, surrounded by the


    sea on all sides apart from one (its
    north side). Northern Italy is separated
    from France, Switzerland, and Austria
    by the Alps, a chain of mountains.
    The capital of Italy is Rome. Other
    cities in Italy are Milan, Turin, Florence,
    Naples, and Venice. The country
    includes a number of islands, the
    biggest of which are Sicily and
    Sardinia, which are reached by ship or
    aircraft.
    The Po River is the longest river in
    Italy. The Tiber River runs through the
    city of Rome.
    Because it is surrounded by the sea,
    Italy has many kilometres of coast,
    which brings tourists from all over the
    world. Tourists also come to see Italy's
    many historical places.
    Italy has two very small independent
    states, San Marino and the Vatican
    City.

    CULTURE
    ARCHITECTURE
    Italy has a very broad and diverse
    architectural style. Italy is known for
    its
    considerable
    architectural
    achievements, such as the construction
    of arches, domes and similar structure
    during ancient Rome that influenced
    the designs all over the world, notably
    in the United Kingdom, Australia and
    the United States of America. Several
    of the finest works in Western
    architecture, such as the Colosseum,
    the Milan Cathedral and Florence
    cathedral, the Leaning Tower of Pisa
    and the building designs of Venice are
    found in Italy. Italy has an estimated
    total of 100,000 monuments of all
    varieties (museums, palaces, buildings,
    statues, churches, art galleries, villas,
    fountains,
    historic
    houses
    and
    archaeological remains).

    PAINTING
    The Italian art developed in the Italian
    peninsula since prehistoric
    times.
    During the Roman Empire, Italy was
    the center of an artistic culture that for
    the first time created a universal
    language
    for
    Europe
    and
    the
    Mediterranean. In some periods of Italy
    was the country's most artistically
    advanced
    in
    Europe.
    Over
    the
    centuries, Italian art has gone through
    many stylistic changes. Italian painting
    is traditionally characterized by a
    warmth of colour and light, as in the
    works of Caravaggio and Titian, and a
    preoccupation with religious figures
    and motifs. Notable artists include
    Michelangelo,
    Leonardo
    da
    Vinci,
    Donatello,
    Botticelli,
    Tintoretto,
    Caravaggio,
    Bernini,
    Titian
    and
    Raphael.

    MUSIC
    From folk music to classical, music has
    always played an important role in
    Italian culture. Instruments associated
    with classical music, including the
    piano and violin, were invented in Italy,
    and many of the prevailing classical
    music forms, such as the symphony,
    concerto, and sonata.
    Italy's most famous are Alessandro
    Scarlatti, Corelli and Vivaldi, the
    Classical
    composers
    Paganini
    and
    Rossini, and the Romantic composers
    Verdi and Puccini.
    Italy is widely known for being the
    birthplace of opera. Italian opera was
    believed to have been founded in the
    early 17th century, in Italian cities such
    as Mantua and Venice. Later, works and
    pieces composed by native Italian
    composers such as Rossini, Bellini,
    Verdi and Puccini, are amongst the
    most famous operas ever written and
    today are performed in opera houses
    across the world. La Scala operahouse
    in Milan is also renowned as one of the

    best in the world. Famous Italian opera


    singers
    include
    Enrico
    Caruso,
    Alessandro Bonci, the late Luciano
    Pavarotti, and Andrea Bocelli, to name
    a few.
    CUISINE
    Modern Italian cuisine has evolved
    through centuries, with its roots
    reaching back to the 4th century BC.
    Significant change occurred with the
    discovery of the New World, when
    vegetables such as potatoes, tomatoes,
    bell peppers, and maize became
    available.
    Cheese and wine are major parts of the
    cuisine. Coffee, and more specifically
    espresso, has become highly important
    to the cultural cuisine of Italy. Some
    famous dishes and items include pasta,
    pizza, lasagna, focaccia, and gelato.

    Map of Italy

    The Leaning Tower of


    Pisa

    The Colosseum

    Italian

    Pasta

    Luciano Pavarotti

    The Painting of Mona Lisa

    Italian Pizza

    Vatican City

    San Marino

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