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Italy, officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Italia, IPA: or Repubblica Italiana, IPA: ), is a Southern European country. It comprises the Italian Peninsula, the Po River valley, and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia. The country also shares a sea border with Croatia, and France. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italian territory. It is shaped like a boot, and for this reason it is commonly called lo stivale (Italian for the boot).

Italy was home to many well-known and influential European civilizations, including the Etruscans, Greeks and the Romans. For more than 3,000 years Italy experienced migrations and invasions from Germanic, Celtic, Frankish, Byzantine Greek, Saracen, Norman, and the French Angevin, and Lombard peoples, and was divided into many independent states until 1861 when Italy became a nation-state.

Italy is called "il Belpaese" (Italian for beautiful country) by its inhabitants, due to the beauty and variety of its landscapes and for having the world's largest artistic patrimony; the country is home to the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (41 as of July 13 2006).

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Full top 2.5 Jaguar, Italy Padova http://bit.ly/15Tr5N
lux_cars (OOYYO Search) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:00:07 -0000
Full top 2.5 Jaguar, Italy Padova http://bit.ly/15Tr5N
@scottyc510 i will keep that in mind. have u been to italy or msytic falls?
Stef_Salvatore (Stefan Salvatore) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:59:19 -0000
@scottyc510 i will keep that in mind. have u been to italy or msytic falls?
@TimmyDaly but isn't Amy Brenneman's birthday the 22th of June??? If I'm not wrong today is the 5th November (in USA... 6th in Italy)...
violets_twin (ilaria) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:59:04 -0000
@TimmyDaly but isn't Amy Brenneman's birthday the 22th of June??? If I'm not wrong today is the 5th November (in USA... 6th in Italy)...
Wine Tasting & Italy Tour Night http://bit.ly/3h0pDs
Floz12 (Steve ) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:58:48 -0000
Wine Tasting & Italy Tour Night http://bit.ly/3h0pDs
LOL RT @CalliopeBlabs jason, they went to italy not france! #sarcasm RT @JasonKennedy1: I enjoyed it more than Twilight, lot of frenching!
myshay79 (RPATTZJUNKIE) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:58:37 -0000
LOL RT @CalliopeBlabs jason, they went to italy not france! #sarcasm RT @JasonKennedy1: I enjoyed it more than Twilight, lot of frenching!
@beshi italy that is awesome!!!
judostar (asha louie) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:57:16 -0000
@beshi italy that is awesome!!!

 
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