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Please find below a few
interesting facts about Italy:
* Italy has the two largest
Island in the Mediterranean Sea Sicily and Sardinia.
* In June 2006, the proposals,
which had been particularly associated with Berlusconi’s partners in
government the Northern League, and seen by some as leading the way to a
federal state, were rejected in a referendum by a margin of 61.7% to 38.3%.
* Rome has been estimated to have
a Population of 2, 700, 000
* Italy shares its northern
Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.
* Milan is Italy's second city
with a population of 1, 300, 000
* Italy has twenty regions, five
of which are autonomous regions with a special statute
* In June 2006, the proposals,
which had been particularly associated with Berlusconi’s partners in
government the Northern League, and seen by some as leading the way to a
federal state, were rejected in a referendum by a margin of 61.7% to 38.3%.
* Italy has several volcanoes,
and one that is still active even into this century.
* Italy has several volcanoes,
and one that is still active even into our current century.
Mount Vesuvius is one of three active volcanoes in continental Europe (the
other two,
Etna and Stromboli, are also in Italy).
* Mount Vesuvius is also
considered one of the most famous volcanoes in the world. Its name is
recognized in many places, even when volcanoes aren't even an after-thought.
Pompeii, an Italian city, was destroyed by Vesuvius in AD 79; the city was
buried under lava and thousands of people were swept up in the molten mess.
* Here are the regions:
1. Abruzzo (formerly northern
Abruzzi) L'Aquila
2. Aosta Valley (Valle d'Aosta / Vallée d'Aoste) Aosta (Aoste)
3. Apulia (Puglia, sometimes Puglie) Bari
4. Basilicata Potenza
5. Calabria Catanzaro
6. Campania Naples (Napoli)
7. Emilia-Romagna Bologna
8. Friuli-Venezia Giulia Trieste
9. Lazio Rome (Roma)
10. Liguria Genoa (Genova)
11. Lombardy (Lombardia) Milan (Milano)
12. Marche Ancona
13. Molise (formerly southern Abruzzi) Campobasso
14. Piedmont (Piemonte) Turin (Torino)
15. Sardinia (Sardegna) Cagliari
16. Sicily (Sicilia) Palermo
17. Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trento
18. Tuscany (Toscana) Florence (Firenze)
19. Umbria Perugia
20. Veneto Venice (Venezia)
* Excavations throughout Italy
reveal a modern human presence dating back to the
Palaeolithic period some 200, 000 years ago.
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