Largest World Countries: italy
Italy t li help info Italian Italia officially the Italian Republic Italian Repubblica Italiana 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 territory of Italy covers 301 338 160 km and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate With 60 2 million inhabitants it is the sixth most populous country in Europe and the twenty-third most populous in the world The land known as Italy today has been the cradle of European cultures and peoples such as the Etruscans and the Romans Italy's capital Rome was for centuries the political center of Western civilization as…Read More about italy at WikiPedia
Latest italy Frequently Asked Questions:
Hi I'm an italian girl, I want to know if you like Italy, how do you find to talk to italian people (in english of course) and... can you tell me some words and other things like that wich are usually used by guys in Uk (I want even a short explanation of what they means)... you know I want to strange my friends and maybe my teachers! Thanx bye
Answer:I found them pretty good with speaking English...France was much tricker to get around!! I found a couple of funny sayings...when I wanted to have water with my meal, they would ask if I wanted it natural or "with gas"......I nearly laughed the first time I heard it...I would say fizzy or carbonated!!! I love Italia!!
I'm going to Italy for June 29-July 28 2007 for a summer school in Italy and touring program. Rome is where I'll be. Is there anything specific I should bring? Is there anything at all anyone can tell me about being in Italy? Thanks in advance :)
Answer:It will probably be really hot, BUT please note that you cannot wear shorts or sleeveless shirts in a lot of the museums and churches. So pack a lot of skirts and shirts with short sleeves.
I have a vacation in Italy ... you can tell me how to eat ?
Answer:In Italy there are different way of cooking it depends where you are going to. Try Pizza in Naples, bruschetta, pasta amatriciana, carbonara in Rome, lasagne in Bologna, Risotto in Milan, sweets in Sicily and cheese in Puglia and sardinia. The piadina and the ham in Romagna. The best meat is in Tuscany.
Even though the regions of Italy didn't unify until the 1860s, how old is the Italian nation and how did the nation of Italy come into existence? How did the Italian language form and why does it sound a lot like Spanish when French doesn't sound at all like Spanish? What type of money was used in Italy before the lira?
Answer:Italy *still* doesn't have a single language. There's the same problem in Spain, but it's worse in Italy. Sicilian is not the same as spoken in Naples and neither is the same as the Italian of Rome, etc. It's not like comparing USA's Chesapeake Bay to Gulf coast, it's almost like comparing Seminole to Apache.
Northern Italy was more similar to Northern Europe. Northern Italy was still in the feudal system. Southern Italy was locked in a civil war. Southern Italy was more similar to Northern Europe.
Answer:naz f is alittle wrong: naples is not in the north but it is maybe one of the most important cities of the south of italy: it was very powerful thanks to its important seaport. southern italy was not similar to northern europe(neither today, I live in the south, there are still a lot of differences and the north is much more powerful and advanced than the south). in the north there where a lot of little states, which were under the control of some important and rich families. the northern was much more developped than the southern, where there where the "borboni"(I don't know how to say it in english..they had spanish origins) and had as consequence the exploitation of lands and people who were submitted to em. maybe the north was similar to the northern europe, even if it was basically different because while in the europe there were already powerful states and empires, northern italy was divided: italy didn't really exist at that very moment. only in 1800 after the industrial revolution, the northern italy will really develop its resources, while the southern italy will still have a lot of problems in industrialization and will be still devided until 1860, after garibaldi's work. anyway, even today there are still a lot of differences between the southern and northern italy: in the south in fact resources are still missing, politicians are corrupted and the services don't work.this situation is also a reflection of those years. that's why I can't see the time for leave and go living in the north, where i'm going to study and where there'are more opportunities of job i hope it's clear, i know that my english is not very good.anyway I hope it could be good for you. bye