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Italy, the birthplace of Renaissance, political center of western civilization and capital of Roman Empire (Rome), is a well known nation for its cultural and historical heritage, which makes it one of the top tourist destinations in the world. Many tourists visit Italy to explore and experience its ancient culture and its festivals. Besides the Easter, Christmas and Halloween, there are many events and festivals in Italy that are influenced by historical events and traditions, often include processions with locals dressed in historical costumes and re-enactments.





If you want to explore the culture and history of Italy, it makes best sens to visit Italy during its special events and festivals such as Italian Carnival in February held on Saint Agatha's Feast Day, Spring Festivals in March, Rome's birthday in April, the Feast Day of Saint Giovanni in June, World Fireworks Championship in July, Medieval and Local Festivals in August, Venice's Historic Regatta in September, Italian Food Festivals in October, and Truffles Day and Chestnut Festival in November, to name but few.

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Italy is the land of world famous poets, painters, musicians, magicians, artists, architects, archeologists and novelists besides the home to world's finest culinary, cuisine and cultural traditions. Besides the pizzas, pastas, Vespa and Ferrari, Italy has a lot to offer to the world travelers and tourists ranging from classical antiquities, renaissance Italy, baroque architectural churches and castles and palaces.





There are hundreds and thousands of interesting places and places of tourist attractions in Italy, some of which include Genoa Italy's largest port and hometown of Christopher Columbus, Rome the Eternal City, world famous ruins of Pompei, internationally renowned tourist resort and an active volcano Taormina, Vatican City, Milan, Florence, Mount Etna, Vesuvius, and Tuscan Italy, to name the few। You can check out the blog and browse through a large gallery of some of the best Italy Photos covering an assortment of tourist delights and places of historical and cultural importance and also World Heritage Sites listed by UNESCO.

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Italy, officially Italian republic is located in Southern Europe on Italian Peninsula and on the two largest Islands Sicily and Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy is the home of several European cultures such as Roman and Etruscans. Rome is the capital and largest city of Italy and center of western civilization and seat of Roman Catholic Church. Italy is the founding member of European Union and member of G8, with its seventh highest nominal GDP. Italy with its eighth highest quality of life index rating is a developed country.





With a population of around 60 million, Italy is the fourth largest populated country in Europe and twenty third largest in the world. Italy is subdivided into twenty regions. Rome, Florence, Sicily, Milan, and Naples are few of the major cities of Italy. Throughout its history, Italy has remained as the favorite destination for the immigrants, current immigrant population being 5.8% of the total population. Roman Catholicism is the religion in Italy. Italy is home to the largest numbers of UNESCO World heritage Sites. Official language of Italy is Italian and the currency is Euro.