Italy

Capital City	Rome
Geographic Location	Italy is placed at the South Europe. It is a peninsula stretching into the Mediterranean at the north of Tunusia. It has borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia. Sicily and Sardinia islands at Mediterranean are owned by Italy.
Geographic Coordinates	42 50 N, 12 50 E
Climate	At the south, while summers are hot and dry winters are mild. At the north, winters are pretty cold. While the south and interior parts of the country are under the effect of the Mediterranean climate the north regions realize a fierce continental climate
Time Zone	GMT +1
Language	ITALIAN
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Monetary Unit	EURO
Telephone	The international dialling code (to): 0039, The international dialling code (from) 00 + The related country code
Mobile Phone	GSM 900/1800
Important Phone Nos.	Ambulance 118, Police 112, Fire Brigade 115
Internet	.it
Opening Hours	Banks; 8:30a.m. - 1:30p.m. and 3p.m. - 4p.m. (Mon-Thur), 8:30a.m. - 1:30p.m. and 2:45p.m. - 3:45p.m. (Fri) Shops; 8:30a.m. - 12:30p.m. And 3:30p.m. - 7:30p.m. (Mon-Sun)
Public Holidays	New Year's Day (1 January), Epiphany (6 January), Easter Monday (March/April), Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May), Republic's Day (2 June), S. Pietro e Paolo (29 June, Only Rome), Assumption (15 August), All Saints' Day (1 November),Immacolata Concezione (8 December), Sant Ambrogio (8 December, Only Milan), Christmas Day (25 Dec), the main holiday season (July-August)
Electric	230V 50HzHz

General Information

Italy is one of the rare countries charming with its history, art, architecture, water and nature. We should emphasize the Italian cuisine and Milan standing as one of the most significant fashion centers of the world. In addition to Rome, Venice, Florence, Sienna, Milan and Naples with their unique architecture and daily life, Italy has a quite different atmosphere as a natural result of sandy beaches along the Mediterranean, the Alps, Gimignano at Tuscany like ancient mountain villages and Positano at Amalfi like unspoilt fishing villages.

The squares, fountains and Baroque churches of Rome are fabulous. Roman Forum, Colosseum and Pantheon (the 20th century Roman architecture) are a few of these highlihgts placed at the city. You should not leave the country without boating on the Grand Canal of Venice (Venice is composed of more than 100 small islands and an endless number of water canals), visiting La Scala at Milan standing as one of the opera capitals and Santa Maria delle Grazie where the grand works of Leonardo da Vinci are displayed, travelling Genova where Christopher Columbus was born. We should not forget the ruins that was formed by the lavas of volcanoes at Pompeii.
You should observe the brilliant architectural art that Saint Peter (Rome), II Duomo (Florence) and St. Mark's (Venice) churches have.

The beaches along the Emerald Coast of Sardinya Island are home to one of the best harmonies of sea, sun and sand. Dolomite Mountains covered with snow are excellent places for the enthusiasts of winter sports.

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