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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 |
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Travel stories from Italy  | 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... |
| | | |  | 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... |
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Selected links to recommended web sites with information about Italy 1. | Italy
Travel information about Italy, each region and the main tourist cities. | | | 2. | Italy on Lonely Planet
Italy travel information, images, facts and more. | | | 3. | Italy on Wikipedia
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