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roman catholic protestant jewish and muslim
 * **Major Government**
 * republican goverment
 * **Major Religions**
 * **Major Religions**
 * **Major Religions**


 * **language spoken**
 * greak french and german
 * **Current leader or presedent**
 * silvio berusconi
 * **Brief history of the country including any important people and major wars**
 * || A series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 between the leading European powers for control of the Italian states. The wars involved most of the Italian states, the papacy, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, France, and Switzerland. Principally, the conflict was between France and Spain, with the changing allegiance of the rival Italian states and of the pope being determined by their own immediate interests. The final outcome was the victory of Spain. Culturally, the wars were significant for spreading the influence of the Italian Renaissance throughout Europe. ||
 * silvio berusconi
 * **Brief history of the country including any important people and major wars**
 * || A series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 between the leading European powers for control of the Italian states. The wars involved most of the Italian states, the papacy, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, France, and Switzerland. Principally, the conflict was between France and Spain, with the changing allegiance of the rival Italian states and of the pope being determined by their own immediate interests. The final outcome was the victory of Spain. Culturally, the wars were significant for spreading the influence of the Italian Renaissance throughout Europe. ||
 * || A series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 between the leading European powers for control of the Italian states. The wars involved most of the Italian states, the papacy, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, France, and Switzerland. Principally, the conflict was between France and Spain, with the changing allegiance of the rival Italian states and of the pope being determined by their own immediate interests. The final outcome was the victory of Spain. Culturally, the wars were significant for spreading the influence of the Italian Renaissance throughout Europe. ||
 * || A series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 between the leading European powers for control of the Italian states. The wars involved most of the Italian states, the papacy, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, France, and Switzerland. Principally, the conflict was between France and Spain, with the changing allegiance of the rival Italian states and of the pope being determined by their own immediate interests. The final outcome was the victory of Spain. Culturally, the wars were significant for spreading the influence of the Italian Renaissance throughout Europe. ||


 * **CURRENY**
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 * **Major cultural traditions and (holidays/foods etc..)**
 * National holidays in **//Italy//** include the Anniversary of the Republic (June 2) and Liberation Day, celebrating the defeat of the German army in Italy (April 25). In addition to the standard religious holidays of the church calendar, numerous feast days are celebrated throughout the country in honor of saints associated with particular villages, towns or cities.
 * **Climate**
 * **//Italy's//** average annual temperature falls between 11° and 19° Celsius (about 52° to 66° Fahrenheit).
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Pop****ulation**
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">60,231,214 (2009 estimate)
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 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Pop****ulation**
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">60,231,214 (2009 estimate)
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 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Geography**
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 * most of italy covered by mountains. The Dolomite mountains which extend across northern Italy are part of the Alps mountain range. The Apennine mountains cut down the center of Italy, stretching from north to south, dividing the east and west coasts. ||
 * [[image:http://www.kidport.com/reflib/worldgeography/italy/Images/CountrySide2.JPG width="400" height="260" caption="Countryside"]] The Po Valley, just south of the Dolomite mountains, is the basin of the Po River. It is fertile farm ||


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 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Italy** does not have a wealth of natural resources, and many of the resources that once existed have been successfully exploited and exhausted. Sulfur, lignite, pumice, mercury, zinc, bauxite and lead are among the most prevalent minerals, and stone is one of the most important. Marble, travertine, and granite are all mined and processed
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 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Italy** does not have a wealth of natural resources, and many of the resources that once existed have been successfully exploited and exhausted. Sulfur, lignite, pumice, mercury, zinc, bauxite and lead are among the most prevalent minerals, and stone is one of the most important. Marble, travertine, and granite are all mined and processed
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Major tourist attractions and or historical sights**
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Major tourist attractions and or historical sights**
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First and foremost, millions of people per year visit [|Rome] in hopes of witnessing just a glimpse into the past, a glimpse into the power and majesty that was the Roman Empire. A whole host of notable historical figures in Italy reigned from inside Rome"s walls, from Julius Caesar to Caligula, from Mark Antony to Constantine. It was the combination of Julius" plans and Augustus Caesar"s execution that were the critical steps towards cementing Rome"s place in history. Before corruption and inept rulers destroyed it, theirs was the height of the Roman Empire, which left the city strewn with some of the most important historical monuments in Italy. The Roman forum, the [|Colosseum], the [|Pantheon], Palatine hill and [|Circus Maximus], the list goes on and on, spiraling into a cavalcade of so many historical sites in Italy that they have to be seen to be believed.


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