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ItalyGovernment
- Governo Italiano. In Italian.
Maps
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High quality up-to-date maps of
Italy from
Maps.com the online map store
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- University of Texas at Austin Maps of Italy.
News
Photographs
- Italy photographs from Flickr.com. (New 10/08)
- Italy photographs from Google Images. (New 10/08)
Recommended Books
Reservations
- Travelconsumer.com reservations page. Airline, hotel, car, and other reservations.
Tourism
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Italian State Tourism Board.
"Italy is a country which has succeeded in cultivating the greatness of
even its least noted cities, villages and hamlets. There is scarcely a
place in Italy that has remained untouched by the waves of history, art,
folklore and culinary tradition, where a visit does not afford a chance
for reflection or even simple pleasure...
...Every journey to Italy is a 'tour artistique'. There are so many art treasures of such quality, spread so well across the country. that Italy can rightly be considered a bona fide open-air art gallery. No other country in the world can boast the cultural and artistic treasures of Italy. More than half the world's historical and artistic heritage is found in Italy (source: UNESCO). Evidence can be seen in every village. In this journey into Italian art, we wish to give you as complete as possible a guide not only to its museums, but also to its cathedrals, churches and parishes, its monasteries and convents, its villas, palaces and castles spread throughout the country, its archaeological sites and the monuments that adorn small towns and big cities alike. An endless journey into culture and beauty." -
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Government Tourist Board-North America. "Situated in
Mediterranean Europe, Italy has land frontiers with France in the
north-west, Switzerland and Austria in the north and Slovenia in the
north-east. The peninsula is surrounded by the Ligurian Sea, the Sardinian
Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, the Sicilian Sea and the Ionian
Sea in the south and the Adriatic Sea in the east. Italian is the language
of the majority of the population but there are minorities speaking
German, French, Slovene and Ladino...
...There is a great deal of variety in the landscape in Italy, although it is characterized predominantly by two mountain chains: the Alps and the Apennines. The former extends over 600 miles from east to west. It consists of great massifs in the western sector, with peaks rising to over 14,000 feet, including Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc), Monte Rosa and Cervino (the Matterhorn). The the chain is lower in the eastern sector, although the mountains, the Dolomites, are still of extraordinary beauty. At the foot of the Alpine arc stretches the vast Po Valley plain, cut down the middle by the course of the river Po, the longest in Italy (390 miles), which has its source in the Pian de Re (Monviso) and flows into the Adriatic through a magnificent delta. The Alpine foothills are characterized by large lakes: Lake Maggiore and the lakes of Como, Iseo and Garda. The Apennines form the backbone of the peninsula, stretching in a wide arc concave to the Tyrrhenian Sea. The Corno Grande (Gran Sasso d'Italia) is the highest peak. A large part of central Italy is characterized by a green hilly landscape, through which the rivers Arno and Tevere (Tiber) run. The southern section of the chain pushes out to the east forming the Gargano promontory and, sloping down further south, the Salentine peninsula. It then proceeds to the west with the Calabrian and Peloritano massif stretching across the Strait of Messina into Sicilia. The principal islands are Sicilia, rising up to the great volcanic cone of Etna (10,860 feet) and Sardegna. The main archipelagos are the Tremiti Islands in the Adriatic Sea, the Tuscan Archipelago, the Pontine Islands, the Aeolian Islands and the Egadi Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Sicilia."
United Kingdom Information Resources
U.S. Government Information Resources
- CIA World Factbook on Italy. (New 10/08)
- Department of State Consular Information Sheet on Italy.
- U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy
Videos
- Italy travel videos from YouTube.com. (New 10/08)
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