Local History
-Italy is a peninsula and is surrounded on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea and on the east by the Adriatic.
- Italy has a republican government and the President is Giorgio Napolitano
-The capital of Italy is Rome.
-Italy became a nation-state belatedly - in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor Emmanuel
***For more information go to http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/italy.htm
- Italy has a republican government and the President is Giorgio Napolitano
-The capital of Italy is Rome.
-Italy became a nation-state belatedly - in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor Emmanuel
***For more information go to http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/italy.htm