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Wikipedia: Italy /ˈɪtəli/, officially the Italian Republic, is a country located partly on the European Continent and partly on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within the Italian Peninsula, and Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland.
![[The FieraMilano, one of the country's and Europe's largest, most innovative and important industrial design...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/FieraRhoMilano2_s.jpg "The FieraMilano, one of the country's and Europe's largest, most innovative and important industrial design...")
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![[A map depicting Western Europe's borders after the Treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Western_Europe_Utrecht_Treaty_s.jpg "A map depicting Western Europe's borders after the Treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt")
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![[A Ferrari 612. Ferraris are amongst Italy's most iconic supercars.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SAG2004_213_Ferrari_G12_s.jpg "A Ferrari 612. Ferraris are amongst Italy's most iconic supercars.")
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![[View of the gardens of the Palace of Caserta]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Der_bourbonische_K_C3_B6nigspalast_in_Caserta_s.jpg "View of the gardens of the Palace of Caserta")
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![[Botticelli's Birth of Venus (Uffizi, Florence).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Botticelli_Venus_s.jpg "Botticelli's Birth of Venus (Uffizi, Florence).")
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![[Partisans parading in Milan after the liberation of the city in 1945.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Partisans_in_Milan_s.jpg "Partisans parading in Milan after the liberation of the city in 1945.")
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![[The city of Venice, built on 117 islands.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/JvB2006_T_DSCF5878_s.jpg "The city of Venice, built on 117 islands.")
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![[Luciano Pavarotti, one of the most famous tenors of all time.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Luciano_Pavarotti_15_06_02_cropped2_s.jpg "Luciano Pavarotti, one of the most famous tenors of all time.")
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![[Felipe Massa driving a Ferrari at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Massa_Malaysian_GP_2010_28cropped_29_s.jpg "Felipe Massa driving a Ferrari at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix.")
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![[Vineyards in Alto Adige.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/St_magdalena_st_justina_rosengarten_s.jpg "Vineyards in Alto Adige.")
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![[Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Aula_Montecitorio_s.jpg "Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.")
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![[Lake Garda, the biggest lake in the country.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lago_di_Garda_1_Giugno_2006_s.jpg "Lake Garda, the biggest lake in the country.")
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UNKNOWN LICENSE from FisioVerona
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![[Italian infantrymen in 1916]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Italia_I_Guerra_Mondiale_fanti_classe_1888_s.jpg "Italian infantrymen in 1916")
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![[The Italian Alps.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/070406_10_Sellajoch_s.jpg "The Italian Alps.")
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![[Detail of the central salone in the Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stupinigi_centrale_hal_boven_s.jpg "Detail of the central salone in the Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi.")
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![[Villa Torrigiani in Lucca.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Villa_torrigiani_di_lucca_02_s.jpg "Villa Torrigiani in Lucca.")
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![[The Trevi Fountain in Rome, an example of Italian Baroque architecture.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fontana_di_Trevi_di_notte_2_s.jpg "The Trevi Fountain in Rome, an example of Italian Baroque architecture.")
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![[Villa Capra "La Rotonda", one of the Palladian Villas of the Veneto.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/La_Rotonda_Schnee_2_s.jpg "Villa Capra \"La Rotonda\", one of the Palladian Villas of the Veneto.")
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![[US President Barack Obama meets with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/3684018560_ca14639e91_o_Barack_Obama_with_Silvio_Berlusconi_ORIGINAL_SIZE_2_s.jpg "US President Barack Obama meets with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi")
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![[Cavour, an aircraft carrier]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cavour_28550_29_2_s.jpg "Cavour, an aircraft carrier")
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![[Rome-Fiumicino Airport in 2008 was the sixth busiest airport in Europe.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rom_Fiumicino_04_2_s.jpg "Rome-Fiumicino Airport in 2008 was the sixth busiest airport in Europe.")
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![[Venice is ever more frequently flooded by rising water levels]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acqua_alta_Venezia_2_s.jpg "Venice is ever more frequently flooded by rising water levels")
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![[Val d'Orcia, in Tuscany.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Val_d_27Orcia_landscape_1_s.jpg "Val d'Orcia, in Tuscany.")
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![[Authentic Neapolitan pizza.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Eq_it_na_pizza_margherita_sep2005_sml_s.jpg "Authentic Neapolitan pizza.")
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![[The Amalfi Coast, seen from Ravello, is one of Italy's most popular tourist destinations]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ravello_Italy_coast_s.jpg "The Amalfi Coast, seen from Ravello, is one of Italy's most popular tourist destinations")
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![[Federico Fellini.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Federico_Fellini_NYWTS_2_s.jpg "Federico Fellini.")
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![[A popular beach in Sicily.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sicilia_Isola_Bella_Beach_View_s.jpg "A popular beach in Sicily.")
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![[Example of masks worn during the carnival of Venice.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mascaras_carnaval_s.jpg "Example of masks worn during the carnival of Venice.")
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![[The Iron Crown with which Lombard rulers were crowned.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Iron_Crown_2_s.jpg "The Iron Crown with which Lombard rulers were crowned.")
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![[Some famous Italian scientists and technologists, showing Alessandro Volta, Galileo Galilei, Guglielmo Marconi and...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Collage_scienziati_italiani_s.jpg "Some famous Italian scientists and technologists, showing Alessandro Volta, Galileo Galilei, Guglielmo Marconi and...")
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![[Several musical instruments, such as the violin, the piano and the cello, were invented and/or made popular in...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cello_study_s.jpg "Several musical instruments, such as the violin, the piano and the cello, were invented and/or made popular in...")
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![[A montage showing famous Italian painters, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian and Lavinia Fontana]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Collage_italian_painters_s.jpg "A montage showing famous Italian painters, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian and Lavinia Fontana")
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from DaniDF1995 |
![[Notable writers and literary figures]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Collage_pittori_italiani_s.jpg "Notable writers and literary figures")
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![[A collage showing four different prestigious theatres and operahouses in Italy: La Scala , Teatro Massimo Bellini...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Collage_teatri_italiani_s.jpg "A collage showing four different prestigious theatres and operahouses in Italy: La Scala , Teatro Massimo Bellini...")
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![[Notable Italian musicians, composers and singers]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Collage_italian_music_s.jpg "Notable Italian musicians, composers and singers")
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![[University of Bologna is Europe's oldest, founded in AD 1088.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_Archiginnasio_2C_Bologna_2C_Italy_2C_the_wing_with_the_Anatomical_theatre_s.jpg "University of Bologna is Europe's oldest, founded in AD 1088.")
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![[President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Presidente_Napolitano_s.jpg "President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano.")
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![[The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan , the first building in Italy to use iron and steel, and believed to be...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Milano_interno_galleria_09_s.jpg "The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan , the first building in Italy to use iron and steel, and believed to be...")
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![[Italy has established a positive reputation worldwide]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SophiaLorenAAFeb09_s.jpg "Italy has established a positive reputation worldwide")
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![[Gardens of the Villa d'Este.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Tivoli2003_2_s.jpg "Gardens of the Villa d'Este.")
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![[Michelangelo's David, a common symbol of the Italian Renaissance]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Michelangelos_David_s.jpg "Michelangelo's David, a common symbol of the Italian Renaissance")
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![[Italian fauna]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Collage_fauna_italiana_s.jpg "Italian fauna")
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![[A montage showing four Roman Catholic churches in Italy: Milan Cathedral, Florence Cathedral, St Mark's Basilica ...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Collage_chiese_italiane_2_s.jpg "A montage showing four Roman Catholic churches in Italy: Milan Cathedral, Florence Cathedral, St Mark's Basilica ...")
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![[Satellite image of Italy.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Satellite_image_of_Italy_in_March_2003_s.jpg "Satellite image of Italy.")
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![[Fascist stamp promoting a colonial art exhibition, 1934.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Meharisti_s.jpg "Fascist stamp promoting a colonial art exhibition, 1934.")
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