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Latitude: 41.9 N Longitude: 12.48333 E Capital: Rome

 
 

Travel in Italy

A total of 188 members have visited 249 locations in Italy.

Together they have written 784 travel stories and uploaded 7027 pictures from Italy.

Last visit in Italy was made 2009-10-30 by Krapulax who was in Rome.

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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. Assisi
  9. Milan
10. Verona

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

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. Siena

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

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

 


Travel stories from Italy

Spanish Steps. Taken 2005-06-20 in Rome, Italy by traveler beattie_sw.

Too hot for the Devil himself!

So we finally, finally made it to Rome and it's so ridiculously hot. So we had two hostel bookings and headed for the first of the two, only to find out that they dont take phone reseravations and don...

  
The Duomo. Taken 2007-04-04 in Florence, Italy by traveler Whitm528.

Wednesday in Florence!!

Ok, so on a bummer note; we didn't have the greatest weather on Wednesday. It was still raining when we woke up on Wednesday morning and continued to rain for a large portion of the day. We took a sma...

  
Me in my couchette on the way to Arles, France.. Taken 2007-08-19 in Rome, Italy by traveler travelkris.

Some Observataions on Christians and Pagans

Yesterday I spent most of the day at the Vatican...in line for the museums and then St. Peter's. Now, it is true that one cannot assume the majority of those in line were Catholic, or even Christian,...

  

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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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