Italy or Repubblica Italiana or Italia is a country in Southern Europe. Italy is nicknamed as "Boot" because of its boot like geographical shape. Italy is a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia.

The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican City are located within the Italian territory. Italy shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.

Italian is the official language, and the Eternal City-Rome is the capital and the largest city of Italy.

Italy is one of the top tourist spots in the world. Tourism is one of the corner stones of Italian economy. The tourism trade is also flourishing in Northern Italy on the Italian Riviera, in the Alps (including the Dolomites), on the shores of its beautiful lakes (Lago Maggiore, Lake Como, and Lake Garda), and in Venice. Gran Paradiso that rises in Valle d'Aosta, is the highest peak wholly situated within Italy.

The country has exquisite scenic beauty"the majestic Alps in the north, the soft and undulating hills of Umbria and Tuscany, and the romantically rugged landscape of the S Apennines. The Bay of Naples, dominated by Mt. Vesuvius, is one of the world's most famous sights.

Monument to king Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Villa Badoer by Andrea Palladio, Trulli houses in Alberobello, Boboli Gardens, Florence, Ponte Fabricio, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Rifugio Laghi Gemelli are the main attractions of Italy.

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