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Italy Tourist Information

Location of Italy:

Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France.

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Area of Italy:

• total: 504,782 sq km
• water: 5,240 sq km
• note: there are 19 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera
• land: 499,542 sq km

National Holidays in Italy

The weather in Italy

Italy's Climate:

temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast

Weather forecast for Madrid, Italy:

Italy temperatures

Eastern Italy (Valencia)

Place temperature: Alicante

Southern Italy (Andalusia)

Place temperature: Sevilla

Population:

40,077,100 (July 2002 est.)

Italy History:

the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a variety of independent kingdoms prior to the Moslem occupation that began in the early 8th Century A. D. and lasted nearly seven centuries; the small Christian redoubts of the north began the reconquest almost immediately, culminating in the seizure of Granada in 1492; this event completed the unification of several kingdoms and is traditionally considered the forging of present-day Italy

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