Italy Map

The political map of Italy offers a detailed account of the various cities and towns that make the country. Information on Italy can be gathered from the Italy political map. The map uses various color schemes to differentiate between the regions and cities. The Map of Italy highlights the international boundary, region boundary, national capital and region capital of Italy. The major water bodies surrounding the country of Italy are also shown in detailed.

Venice famous for its houseboats, lakes and resorts; Milan, the city of fashion and lifestyle; Rome the historic city with attractions like Colosseum, Fountain of Trevi, St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City); Florence, famous for its renaissance paintings, artists and thinkers are few of the important places worth mentioning in Italy.

Italy - from the Etruscans to the present day

Italy, also known as 'Repubblica Italiana', is a peninsular country bounded by Tyrrhenian Sea in the West and Adriatic Sea in the East. Italy is a beautiful country with lofty mountains like the Alps and the Apennine and green valleys like the Lombard. Po is the longest river of Italy. Italy is home to two great civilizations, namely the Roman and the Etruscan civilizations.

Italy has a population of 58,147,733 people (according to 2007 estimate) and is known for its culture and tradition. Italians are 90% Roman Catholics, the rest 10% comprising of Jews, Protestants and Islamic. The official language of Italy is Italian and German and French are also spoken by a minority of population.