ITALY city guides

Italy (Italian: Italia), officially the Italian Republic; (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within the Italian peninsula, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland.

Italy has been the home of many European cultures, such as the Etruscans and the Romans, and later was the birthplace of the movement of the Italian Renaissance. Italy's capital Rome has been the center of Western Civilization, and still nowadays is the center of Roman Catholic Church.

Today, Italy is a democratic republic, and a developed country with the 7th-highest GDP and the 17th-highest Human Development Index rating in the world. It is a founding member of what is now the European Union (having signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957), and also a member of the G8, the Council of Europe, the Western European Union, and the Central European Initiative. Beginning January 1, 2007, Italy became a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Also Italy is considered a Great power.

• Rome City Guide - (Roma):
  The capital, both of Italy and of the ancient Roman Empire; center of the Roman Catholic Church (the Vatican).
• Bologna City Guide
  A major trade fair city.
• Florence City Guide - (Firenze):
  History, art, architecture. Uffizi gallery, David of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
• Genoa City Guide - (Genova)
  A vibrant and historical port city, birth place of Columbus.
• Milan City Guide - (Milano)
  Shares with Paris the title of fashion capital of the world and is the main financial and business center in the country.
• Naples City Guide - (Napoli)
  With its famous gulf and Vesuvius volcano, including Herculaneum and Pompeii.
• Pisa City Guide
  Home of the famous Leaning Tower.
• Venice City Guide - (Venezia)
  History, art. Saint Mark's Square. The city is built on a lagoon, filled with canals, with no roads for cars. Very poetic and romantic.
• Verona City Guide
  A restored Roman coliseum is the stage for modern opera productions. Verona is the city where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is based.