Italy

Italy is a great country in the Southern Europe and is recognized as the birthplace of Western culture. It borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia to the north, while it borders the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, and Sardinia to the south. The country has a land area of 301,230 square kilometers and a population of 60,642,308 people of which 98% are Roman Catholics. The capital of Italy is Rome; a city with a population of over 2.7 million residents and a total land area of 1,285.31 square kilometers.

Italy has a generally mild Mediterranean weather. This country has hot and dry summers making the month of August the hottest of the year. The best months to visit Italy are in November or March. The most crowded periods are Easter, May, June, October and Christmas.

The official language of Italy is Italian. In the north, a small minority speaks German, French and Slovenian. Italian is spoken as a mother tongue by approximately 60 million people.

Italy’s official currency is the Euro. Economically, Italy is the 7^th largest in the world. The country has a capitalistic economy and is rather divided into two parts where the north stands as the industrial centre of the country and the southern as the agricultural part.

Italy’s most famous attraction is the Colosseum in Rome. It is an elliptical amphitheatre that is located at the foot of Mussolini’s Via dei Fori Imperiali.

The Vatican City is known as the border line of Catholicism in the world which is jam-packed of history as well as artwork. It is the smallest independent state in Europe, located in Rome, Italy, with an estimated population of 1,000 people.

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