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Rome is one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world. It's the capital of Italy The politics of Italy is conducted through a parliamentary, democratic republic with a multi-party system. Italy has been a democratic republic since June 2, 1946, when the monarchy was abolished by a popular referendum.

The Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe stretching approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, and France to the west, and Italy and Monaco to the south. The highest peak is MONT BLANC. The Apennines or Apennine Mountains are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending 1,200 km (750 mi) along the length of peninsular Italy. The highest peak is GRAN SASSO DITALIA.

Gran Paradiso National Park (4,061 m) is a mountain in the Alps and the main massif of the same name. The summit is totally in Valle d'Aosta although the southern section of its massive extends up in Piedmont. The National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise is located for the most part in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo and in Lazio and in Molise. Stelvio National Park is a national park in the north- east ofItaly, founded in The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions: Trentino- Alto Adige/Südtirol and Lombardia, in 24 municipalities.

The river flows through many important Italian cities, including Turin,Piacenza and Ferrara. It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli, which Leonardo da Vinci helped to design. The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the sea at Ostia. TIBER PO ARNO The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a southward curve. The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing throughFlorence, Empoli and Pisa, flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa.

Stromboli is an Italian island belonging to the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands, in Sicily. The volcano is 926 m over the sea and reaches a depth of about 1700 m below the sea level. Stromboli has a persistent explosive activity and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.

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In Italy there are 49 world heritage sites, It is the country that has more world heritage sites. CASERTA ROYAL PALACE MATERA AND ITS STONES Villa Adriana (at Tivoli, near Rome)

The State of the Vatican City. Vatican City is an independent state in Europe. In particular, it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of both population and land mass of (0.44 km ²), but it is also in the second place in Europe as an average density of population. In the state there is a system of absolute monarchy elective type of asset, headed by the Pope of the Catholic Church, from 13 March 2013, is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, reigning pope under the name of Francis. VATICAN FLAG VATICAN GARDENS VATICAN MUSEUM

Leonardo Da Vinci (Vinci 1452 – Amboise 1512 ) Painter, architect, sculptor, inventor, misician..Giotto portrait. He is considered one of the most important artists as regards painting. He painted realistic scenes, expressing deep feelings. Michelangelo, portrait. He is one of the most important artist of the Italian Renaissance.

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