Итальянская Республика

1. Italy

ITALY

2.

State system
Italy (/ˈɪtəli/ IT-ə-lee), officially the Italian
Republic (Italian: Repubblica italiana [reˈpubːlika
itaˈljaːna]), is a unitary parliamentary republic in
Europe. The basic law of the state is the
Constitution adopted in 1947.The head of state Is
the President of Italy. The Executive branch and the
Government are headed by the President of the
Italian Council of Ministers.

3.

Geographical position
Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. With around 61 million inhabitants
it is the fourth most populous EU member state.
It borders with France in the north-west (488 km), Switzerland (740 km) and
Austria (430 km) - in the north, Slovenia - in the north-east (232 km). It also has
internal borders with the Vatican (3.2 km) and San Marino (39 km).
Active volcanoes (Vesuvius, Etna); earthquakes are frequent. Wetting the seas from the east the Apennine peninsula is washed by the Adriatic Sea with the
Venetian Gulf in its northern part.

4. Sightseeing In Italy

SIGHTSEEING IN ITALY
In Italy 53 of the monument is a UNESCO world heritage site — more
than in any other country in the world
1. The city of Venice and the Venetian lagoon(From the V century) lagoon in the Adriatic sea
2. The historic centre of Naples(Located in the Bay of the Gulf of
Naples)
3. The historic centre of Florence(XV—XVI century) - Italian city on
the river Arno
4. City Of Verona(I century BC — XIV century ad) - Located on the
Adige river.
5. Reti railway(1904)
6. dolomite Alps(a mountain range in the Eastern Alps, part of the
Southern Limestone Alps)
7. Mount Etna(active stratovolcano, located on the East coast of Sicily)

5. Administrative division

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Italy is a decentralized unitary state. The capital of
the state is Rome. The country is divided into 20
regions Valle d'aosta, Lombardy, Trentino Alto
Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Piedmont, Lombardy,
Venice, Tuscany, Umbria, Emilia-Romagna, Marche,
Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise, Basilicata, Campania,
Calabria, Apulia, Sardinia and Sicily (of which 5 —
Sicily, Sardinia, Trentino-Alto Adige / südtirol, Aosta
valley and Friuli-Venezia Giulia — enjoy a special
status), which as administrative-territorial unit 110
provinces.