Italy is located in continental Europe, which occupies the southern section of the Alps, Italy into the Mediterranean Sea near the coast of Africa.
In the sense of latitude the territory extends for almost 12 degrees for a length of 1,300 km, of 12 degrees is also the distance of the points in the extreme sense of longitude.
The land borders stretching for 1,800 kilometers (France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia) while the coasts have a development of 7,500 km.
The Tuscan-Emilian Apennines is the natural link between the two major areas that make up Italy: Continental (Alpine mountain range and the lowlands Po-Venetian), Peninsular and island that extends southward travelled throughout its length by the chain of Apennines.
Italy has a Mediterranean climate, the Alps protects it from the cold North and extension of the coasts mitigatore favors the effect of the sea.
Italy is the country with more works of art, and its cities are famous worldwide: Rome, Venice, Florence, Naples, Pisa, Siena, Lucca, Palermo. Italy is the home of Chianti, pizza and spaghetti.

Capital: Roma
Area: 301.338 Km²
Institution: Repubblic
Language: Italian
Currency: Euro
Religion: Catholic