Italy
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| Italian Republic
Repubblica Italiana (Italian)
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| Anthem: Il Canto degli Italiani (Italian) "The Song of the Italians" | ||||||
![Location of Italy (dark green)– in Europe (light green & dark grey)– in the European Union (light green) – [Legend]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Italy.svg)
Location of Italy (dark green)
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| Capital and largest city | Rome 41°54′N 12°29′E | |||||
| Official languages | Italiana | |||||
| Demonym | Italian | |||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic | |||||
| • | President | Sergio Mattarella | ||||
| • | Prime Minister | Matteo Renzi | ||||
| • | President of the Senate of the Republic | Pietro Grasso | ||||
| • | President of the Chamber of Deputies | Laura Boldrini | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||
| • | Upper house | Senate of the Republic | ||||
| • | Lower house | Chamber of Deputies | ||||
| Formation | ||||||
| • | Unification | 17 March 1861 | ||||
| • | Republic | 2 June 1946 | ||||
| • | Founded the EEC(now the European Union) | 1 January 1958 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| • | Total | 301,338 km2 (72nd) 116,347 sq mi | ||||
| • | Water (%) | 2.4 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| • | 2015 estimate | 60,674,003 [1] (23rd) | ||||
| • | 2011 census | 59,433,744[2] (23rd) | ||||
| • | Density | 201.3/km2 (63rd) 521.5/sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate | |||||
| • | Total | $2.174 trillion[3](12th) | ||||
| • | Per capita | $35,665[3] (32nd) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate | |||||
| • | Total | $1.848 trillion[3] (8th) | ||||
| • | Per capita | $30,231[3] (27th) | ||||
| Gini (2014) | 32.7[4] medium | |||||
| HDI (2014) |  0.873[5]very high · 27th | |||||
| Currency | Euro (€)b (EUR) | |||||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| • | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Calling code | +39c | |||||
| ISO 3166 code | IT | |||||
| Internet TLD | .itd | |||||
| a. | French is co-official in the Aosta Valley; Slovene is co-official in the province of Trieste and the province of Gorizia; German and Ladin are co-official in South Tyrol. | |||||
| b. | Before 2002, the Italian Lira. The euro is accepted inCampione d'Italia, but the official currency there is theSwiss Franc.[6] | |||||
| c. | To call Campione d'Italia, it is necessary to use the Swiss code +41. | |||||
| d. | The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with otherEuropean Union member states. | |||||
Italy (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja] (
listen)), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana),[7][8][9][10] is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe.[note 1] Italy covers an area of 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal climate; due to its shape, it is often referred to in Italy as lo Stivale (the Boot).[11][12] With 61 million inhabitants, it is the 4th most populous EU member state. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino and Vatican City.
listen)), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana),[7][8][9][10] is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe.[note 1] Italy covers an area of 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal climate; due to its shape, it is often referred to in Italy as lo Stivale (the Boot).[11][12] With 61 million inhabitants, it is the 4th most populous EU member state. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino and Vatican City.
Since classical times, ancient Phoenicians, Greeks, Etruscans and Celts have inhabited the south, centre and north of the Italian Peninsula respectively, with various Italic peoples dispersed throughout Italy alongside other ancient Italian tribes and Greek, Carthaginian, and Phoenician colonies. The Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom, which eventually spread throughout Italy, assimilating and conquering other nearby civilizations and forming the Roman Republic. Rome ultimately emerged as the dominant power, conquering much of the ancient world and becoming the leading cultural, political, and religious centre ofWestern civilisation. The legacy of the Roman Empire is widespread and can be observed in the global distribution of civilian law, republican governments, Christianity and the Latin script.
During the Dark Ages, Italy suffered sociopolitical collapse amid calamitous barbarian invasions, but by the 11th century, numerous rival city-states and maritime republics rose to great prosperity through shipping, commerce, and banking, and even laid the groundwork for capitalism.[13] These independent city-states and regional republics, acting as Europe's main port of entry for Asian and Near Eastern imported goods, often enjoyed a greater degree of democracy in comparison to the monarchies and feudal states found throughout Europe at the time, though much of central Italy remained under the control of the theocratic Papal States, while Southern Italy remained largely feudal, partially as a result of a succession of Byzantine, Arab, Norman, Spanish, and Bourbon conquests of the region.[14]
During the Renaissance, a period of renewed interest in humanism, science, exploration and art, Italy and the rest of Europe entered the modern era. The Italian culture flourished at this time, producing famous scholars, artists, and polymaths such as Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, Michelangelo and Machiavelli. Italian explorers such as Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and Giovanni da Verrazzanodiscovered new routes to the Far East and the New World, helping to usher in the European Age of Discovery. Nevertheless, Italy's importance as a commercial and political power significantly waned with the opening of trade routes from the New World, as New World imports and trade routes became more influential in Europe and bypassed the East Asian and Mediterranean trade routes that the Italian city-states had dominated.[14][15][16] Furthermore, the Italian city-states constantly engaged one another in bloody warfare, with this tension and violent rivalry culminating in the Italian Wars of the 15th and 16th centuries, a series of wars and foreign invasions that left the Italian states vulnerable to annexation by neighboring European powers. Italy would remain politically fragmented and fall prey to occupation, colonization, conquest, and general foreign domination by European powers such as France, Spain, and later Austria, subsequently entering a long period of decline.
By the mid-19th century, a rising movement in support of Italian nationalism and Italian independence from foreign control lead to a period of revolutionary political upheaval known as the Risorgimento, which sought to bring about a rebirth of Italian cultural and economic prominence by liberating and consolidating the Italian peninsula and insular Italy into an independent and unified nation-state. After various unsuccessful attempts, the Italian Wars of Independence, the Expedition of the Thousand and the capture of Rome resulted in the eventual unification of the country, now a great power after centuries of foreign domination and political division.[17] From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, the new Kingdom of Italy rapidly industrialized, especially in the so-called Industrial Triangle of Milan, Turin and Genoa in the North , and soon acquired a colonial empire.[18][19] However, the southern areas of the country remained largely excluded from industrialization, fueling a large and influential diaspora. Despite being one of the main victors in World War I, Italy entered a period of economic crisis and social turmoil, leading the way to the rise of a Fascist dictatorship in 1922. The subsequent participation in World War II on the Axis side ended in military defeat, economic destruction and civil war. In the years that followed, Italy abolished the Italian monarchy, reinstated democracy, and enjoyed a prolonged economic boom, thus becoming one of the world's most developed nations.[5][20][21][22]
Italy has the third largest economy in the Eurozone and the eighth largest economy in the world. It has a very high level of human development and enjoys the highest life expectancy in the EU.[23] Italy plays a prominent role in regional and global military, cultural and diplomatic affairs and is often defined by analysts as an "intermittent great power" or "the least of the great powers".[24][25][26][27] Italy is a founding andleading member of the European Union and the member of numerous international institutions, including the UN, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the WTO, the G7/G8, G20, the Union for the Mediterranean, the Council of Europe, Uniting for Consensus, and many more. As a reflection of its vast cultural wealth, Italy is home to 51 World Heritage Sites, the most in the world, and is one of the most visited countries.
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