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2. Italy - Wikipedia

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   It is the tenth-largest country in Europe, covering an area of 301,340 km 2 (116,350 sq mi), [ 3 ] and third-most populous member state of the European Union, with a population of nearly 60 million. [ 16 ] Its capital and largest city is Rome; other major urban areas include Milan, Naples, Turin, Florence, and Venice .

3. Tourism in Italy - Wikipedia

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   The Colosseum in Rome, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world The city of Venice, ranked many times as the most beautiful city in the world [1] [2] The Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence by Filippo Brunelleschi, which has the largest brick dome in the world, [3] [4] and is considered a masterpiece of world architecture The Sassi di Matera have been described by Fodor ...

4. Cinque Terre - Wikipedia

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   Vernazza is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). [2] The Cinque Terre area is a popular tourist destination. Over the centuries, people have built terraces on the rugged, steep landscape right up to the cliffs that overlook the Ligurian Sea. Paths, trains, and boats connect the villages as cars can only ...

5. Lake Como - Wikipedia

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   Lake Como ( Italian: Lago di Como [ˈlaːɡo di ˈkɔːmo], locally [ˈkoːmo] [ a] ), also known as Lario, [ b] is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy . It has an area of 146 square kilometres (56 sq mi), making it the third-largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore. At over 400 metres (1,300 ft) deep, it is the fifth ...

6. Amalfi Coast - Wikipedia

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   Area. 11,231 ha (43.36 sq mi) Coordinates. 40°39′N 14°36′E. /  40.650°N 14.600°E  / 40.650; 14.600. Location of Amalfi Coast in Italy. The Amalfi Coast ( Italian: Costiera amalfitana or Costa d'Amalfi) is a stretch of coastline in southern Italy overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Salerno. It is located south of the ...

7. Tuscany - Wikipedia

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   Tuscany has many small and picturesque villages, 29 of them have been selected by I Borghi più belli d'Italia (English: The most beautiful Villages of Italy), [36] a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, [37] that was founded on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National ...

8. Geography of Italy - Wikipedia

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   The geography of Italy includes the description of all the physical geographical elements of Italy. Italy, whose territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region , [ 1 ] is located in southern Europe and comprises the long, boot-shaped Italian Peninsula crossed by the Apennines , the southern side of Alps , the large plain of ...

9. List of islands of Italy - Wikipedia

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   Map of Italian Islands. This is a list of islands of Italy.There are over 400 islands in Italy, including islands in the Mediterranean Sea (including the marginal seas: Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Libyan Sea, Ligurian Sea, Sea of Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Sea, and inland islands in lakes and rivers.