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Geography Main article: Geography of Italy Topographic map of Italy. Italy is located in Southern Europe and comprises the boot-shaped Italian Peninsula and a number of islands including the two largest, Sicily andSardinia. It lies between latitudes 35° and 47° N, and longitudes 6° and 19° E. The country’s total area … Continue reading →

Etymology The assumptions on the etymology of the name “Italia” are very numerous and the corpus of the solutions proposed by historians and linguists is very wide.[18] According to one of the more common explanations, the term Italia, from Latin: Italia,[19] was borrowed through Greek from the Oscan Víteliú, … Continue reading →

Religion Main article: Religion in Italy Religion in Italy, 2001[135] Religion Percent Christianity 91.6% None 5.8% Islam 1.9% Buddhism 0.3% Hinduism 0.2% Sikhism 0.1% Judaism 0.1% Roman Catholicism is by far the largest religion in the country, although Catholicism is no longer … Continue reading →