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Italy

Latitude: 41.9 N Longitude: 12.48333 E Capital: Rome

 
 

Travel in Italy

A total of 190 members have visited 249 locations in Italy.

Together they have written 785 travel stories and uploaded 7067 pictures from Italy.

Last visit in Italy was made 2009-11-14 by jpacelli who was in Perugia.

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Short introduction to Italy

Italy became a nation-state belatedly - in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI established a Fascist dictatorship. His disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the European Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration, the ravages of organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared with the more prosperous north.

Source: World Factbook

Most pictured locations in Italy

  1. Rome
  2. Florence
  3. Venice
  4. Roma
  5. Firenze

  6. Siena
  7. Pisa
  8. Perugia
  9. Assisi
10. Milan

11. Verona
12. Naples
13. Turin
14. Pompei
15. Pompeii

16. Venezia
17. Sorrento
18. Amalfi
19. Sicily
20. Capri


Most written from locations in Italy

  1. Rome
  2. Florence
  3. Venice
  4. Roma
  5. Firenze

  6. Castiglion Fiorentino
  7. Milan
  8. Sorrento
  9. Pisa
10. Tuscany

11. Siena
12. Perugia
13. Naples
14. Riomaggiore
15. Calabria

16. Verona
17. Vicenza
18. Trieste
19. Padova
20. Lucca

 


Travel stories from Italy

My horse guide, Nicole (from Pennsylvania) shows us an olive tree at the farm that grows our lunch.. Taken 2007-08-14 in Siena, Italy by traveler travelkris.

Horse's Ass

That's what I spent much of today looking at...along with the country side, that is. That's right. I finally got onto a horse, which for some reason was a goal of mine for this trip. It didn't happ...

  
St. Charles Borromeo. Taken 2005-08-06 in Verbania, Italy by traveler slaveofihs.

1st Week

James and I are studying Italian in Verbania (on Lago Maggiore – a lake in the far northern part of Italy). We are taking five hours a day, one-on-one with an instructor. It is tough but we are lear...

  
The whole ceiling at the Sistine Chapel.  What you can't see are the thousand other peoplezith me.. Taken 2007-08-17 in Rome, Italy by traveler travelkris.

'Marco, keep your polo in your pants!' and 'Where will we be dining, Fabio?'

First things first, I have walked all day long. It is only 9:45pm, but feels like 2am and I have recently taken a sleeping pill, having assumed the one internet terminal would be in use when I came t...

  

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Italy external links

Selected links to recommended web sites with information about Italy

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Italy
Travel information about Italy, each region and the main tourist cities.

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Italy on Lonely Planet
Italy travel information, images, facts and more.

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Italy on Wikipedia
Lots of user contributed links and information on Italy.



 
 
 

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