Italy (Italian: Italia); officially known as the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica italiana) is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe and part of the European Union. It is located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. With around 61 million residents, Italy is the fourth most populous EU member state. The country's capital city is Rome, which is also the country's largest city as well.
Italy is borded to the north by Switzerland, to the west by France, and to the east by Austria and Slovenia.
Regions[]
Northwest[]
- Aosta Valley
- Liguria: The coastal region where director Mario Bava was born.
- Lombardy
- Piedmont
Northeast[]
- Emilia-Romagna
Central[]
- Lazio
- Tuscany: The region where actress Daria Nicolodi was born.
South[]
- Campania: The region where film producer Dino De Laurentiis was born.
Insular[]
- Sicily
Major Cities[]
- Bologna
- Genoa
- Milan
- Rome
- Naples
- Palermo
- Turin
Biodiversity[]
The Italian wolf (Canis lupis italicus), is a prominent animal in Latin and Italian cultures, including the legend of the founding of Rome.
Italy is the most faunal biodiverse nation in all of Europe, with over 57,000 animal species recorded and 4,777 of them being endemic; including the Sardinian red deer, the brown cave salamander, the Italian newt, the Sicilian wall lizard, the Sicilian pond turtle, and the Italian Aesculapian snake. 102 of the animal species are mammals, such as the Marsican brown bear, the Alpine marmot, the crested porcupine, the European snow vole, and most significantly, the Italian wolf, the country's national animal.
Religion[]
Christianity is the largest religion in Italy, with Roman Catholics being the main adherents and with 74% of the population.
Films that take place in Italy[]
- 20 Million Miles to Earth
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
- The Devil Inside
- Hannibal (Partially)
- Inferno
- The Masque of the Red Death
- The Omen
- The Omen (2006) (Beginning only)
People[]
People who were born in Italy[]
- Dino De Laurentiis
- Daria Nicolodi
- Dario Argento
- Lucio Fulci
- Mario Bava
People who died in Italy[]
- Lucio Fulci
- Mario Bava
