Italy is a modern country with deep Roman Catholic roots, full of interesting stuff for the casual tourist and even more for the educated visitors. It has been the home of many European cultures.
Italy Italian Republic is officially called as the Italy. Italy is located in the Southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
Bordering Countries France, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, San Mario and Vatican City.
About Italy Italy is a well developed European country. Rome is the capital city of Italy. Rome has been the center of all Western civilization. Italy has Mediterranean climate while northern area inland contains continental climatic conditions. Italy is a parliamentary democratic republican multi-party country. President is elected for seven years and he is the head of the state. Italy has expands large part of its budget on his military and due to which it is the world's eighth highest military expenditure. Military of Italy is divided into army, navy, air force and gendarmerie. Italy has 20 administrative divisions that are called regions. Five regions contains their own autonomous status. Italy is divided into 109 provinces and these provinces are divided into municipalities. Roman Catholic are the majority religious in Italy other religious groups are Orthodox Christians, Greek Orthodox, Pentecostals Jehovah's Witnesses, Waldensian, Seventh day Adventists, Mormons, Baptists, Lutherans, Methodists, Jewish (minority), Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists. Italy is rated as the seventh largest economy of the world in terms of its GDP calculations. Economy of Italy mainly relies on its industrial sector that is well developed and well productive while on the other hand it relies on its agricultural sector that is not much developed in the Southern part of the country but its is productive. Football and Basketball are very popular sports in Italy. Pizza, Coffee are the popular cuisine of Italy and not only in Italy also all over the world.
