Our country

Italy is a peninsula on the south of Europe and It’s a republic governed by a president. The official language is italian and there are approximately 60 millions of inhabitants. The capital of Italy is Rome but there are also other important cities like Milan, Napoli, Venice and Verona.
The climate is highly different from North to South and on the North is bounded by France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The Apennine Mountains form the peninsula’s backbone; the Alps form its northern boundary. The largest of its northern lakes is Garda and the principal river is Po.
There are also volcanos and the most important is Etne,and Italy is also surrounded on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea and on the east by the Adriatic Sea.
One of typical food, famous in all over the world, is pizza and this peninsula is famous also for art and literature.
A very beautiful country!