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Introduction
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A L Y |
Italy is style all
the way. It’s shaped like a boot, and no ordinary boot this! Its fashions are
enduring, its cars snazzy, its cathedrals calm, its landscape awesome, its piazzas packed
and its pizzas…lip smacking-phenomenal!
For the visitor, Italy is a feast for the senses. You can’t go
through Italia without a heightened consciousness of beauty. |
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Whether in the
glorious hues of the Tuscan landscape, in the seamless amalgamation of the riches of the
past, the reality of the present and the hopes of the future, or in the majesty of the
Alps, it is all one elegant casket of flavourful stuff. You may choose to do the popular
circuit of Rome, Florence and Venice where there are more than enough museums, churches,
piazzas and gondolas on canals to keep you happy. Or you may choose instead to strike out
into the countryside where the pleasures derived from the scenery and the passionate
people are enormous. At any rate, on any trip, Italy promises lots and delivers more. |
F A C
T B O X |
| Country Name |
Italian Republic |
| Area |
301,230 sq. km |
| Population |
57,910, 000 |
| Capital City |
Rome |
| People |
Italian |
| Religion |
Mostly Roman Catholicism. Some Protestantism and Judaism. |
| Language |
Italian |
Government |
Republic |
| Head of State |
President Carlo Azeglia Ciampi |
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