Italia Mia, a guide to Italy, Italian and Italian-American culture, Italian products and services, Italy news and community. Italia Mia is a web directory of selected websites about Italy, Italian and Italian American culture, and products Made in Italy. Italia Mia has been on line since 1998, providing useful links to thousands of Italians and Italophiles around the world.
Some of our most popular categories are: Community were you will find links to chat rooms, social networks, forums, dating services and organizations.
The Travel section offers links to Italy travel services, hotels reservations, regions of Italy and travel guides. Find out about Serviced Accomodations in Rome.
Other popular categories are Music, Cinema, Cuisine, Art, News and useful sites about Italy and Italian culture.
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About Italy
The Capital of Italy is Rome.
Other major cities are Milan, Naples, Turin.
The terrain is mostly rugged and mountainous.
The climate is generally mild Mediterranean with cold northern winters.
Italy has been a democratic republic since June 2, 1946, when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum. The constitution was promulgated on January 1, 1948.
Italy is largely homogeneous linguistically and religiously but is diverse culturally, economically, and politically.
Europe's Renaissance period began in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. Literary achievements--such as the poetry of Petrarch, Tasso, and Ariosto and the prose of Boccaccio, Machiavelli, and Castiglione--exerted a tremendous and lasting influence on the subsequent development of Western civilization, as did the painting, sculpture, and architecture contributed by giants such as da Vinci, Raphael, Botticelli, Fra Angelico, and Michelangelo.
The musical influence of Italian composers Monteverdi, Palestrina, and Vivaldi proved epochal; in the 19th century, Italian romantic opera flourished under composers Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, and Giacomo Puccini. Contemporary Italian artists, writers, filmmakers, architects, composers, and designers contribute significantly to Western culture.
The Italian economy has changed dramatically since the end of World War II. From an agriculturally based economy, it has developed into an industrial state ranked as the world's sixth-largest market economy. Italy belongs to the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized nations; it is a member of the European Union and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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