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Location:
Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Population:
57,634,327 (July 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups:
Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
Religions:
predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
Languages:
Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area
Area:
total: 301,230 sq km, land: 294,020 sq km, water: 7,210 sq km
Natural resources:
mercury, potash, marble, sulfur, dwindling natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, coal, arable land
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- Alto Adige - Corriere delle Alpi - quotidiano indipendente del mattino
- Avvenire su Internet - national Catholic daily newspaper in Italian.
- Chiamami Città
- Corrirere della Sera, La Repubblica and Gazzetta dello Sport
- Il Foglio - quotidiano diretto da Giuliano Ferrara.
- Il Manifesto - Italian newspaper
- Il Piccolo - daily newspaper published in Trieste.
- L'Unione Sarda
- L'Unita
- La Padania - newspaper of North Italy.
- La Repubblica
- La Stampa
- Milano Finanza - Italian daily financial newspaper.
- Panorama
- Sicilia Online News - Giornale telematico siciliano - Sicilian news magazine economia, politica, cultura, sport (economy, politics, culture, sport).
- Osservatorio Industriale della Sardegna - Sardinian economic statistics and related analysis conjunctural analysis magazine
- PDS Liguria - daily and weekly information
- 100.6FM - Cuneo - Radio Stereo 5 - la radio come piace a te!
- EMMERADIO - the sport radio of Pistoia (Tuscany).
- Free Waves - about Italian pirate radio; frequency list, news, and lots of info about cyberspace free radio resources; (in Italian).
- Radio Activity - la radio che fa moda.
- Radio GAMMA Rovereto - The only one in Trentino.
- Radio Padova - with RealAudio. Contains frequencies, speakers, news staff, interviews with singers and musicians, tours and concerts.
- Radio Rock
- Radio Studio Delta - satellite broadcasting radio in Italy.
- Radioamatori
- Canale 5
- Chi l'ha visto? - show about missing persons and unsolved mysteries broadcast via satellite to Europe and the US. In Italian.
- Teleroma 56 - local station for people who love Rome and enjoy sports.
- Television Sports Director - provides information about how difficult it is to direct a sports event; (in Italian).
- Fantaghiro - Italian mini-series.
- Milioni Online Magazine
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- Ethnographic Museum of Trentino - folklife and folk crafts; alpine anthropology seminar; education unit, books, videos, and itineraries; (in Italian and English).
- Italian Museums
- Arma dei Carabinieri
- Istituto Geografico Militare
- Lega per le Elezioni Primarie - created to urge Italian electorate to ask institutionalization of primary elections, along the lines of California electoral law.
- Italian Cuisine - history, cookery civilizations, typical regional cuisine, and links.
- Mangiare Bene - Italian recipe archive. Including regional specialities, etiquette, chef's secrets, search and more.
- Paolo Monti's Cucina Italiana - modern and traditional Italian recipes, info about cooking classes in Perugia and abroad.
- The Night Sky in the World - satellite monitoring of nocturnal light pollution around the world, and its impact on stellar visibility. Includes maps and images from the Light Pollution Science and Technology Institute.
- In Italy Online - Traveling to Italy, Information about Italy
- The World Factbook 2000 -- Italy
- Museo Nazionale del Bargello - informazioni, storia, collezioni, bibliografia, mostre ed altri eventi.
- National Museum of the Bargello - one of the oldest building in Florence, the Bargello is now a setting mainly for works of sculpture and many examples of the decorative arts.
- Thais: Museo Nazionale del Bargello - sculptural works of art at the Bargello.
- Wonderful - Italy
- Scientology Home Page
- Cafiso Art Gallery - offers a collection of modern and contemporary pieces, as well as a permanent exhibition of artwork by masters.
- Istituto e Museo della Storia della Scienza - history of science museum. The collection includes the apparatus and scientific instruments of the Medici and the Lorenese collection of instrument and didactic and experimental devices.
- Museo dei Bronzi Dorati - collection includes gilded bronzes, Roman art, and Renaissance paintings.
- Museo Morandi - offers a virtual tour and a brief description of Giorgio Morandi's works.
- San Matteo National Museum - featuring a collection of Medieval and Renaissance works.
- Thais: Galleria Borghese - detailed information and photos regarding the sculptural collection of the museum.
- Triennale di Milano - ospita e organizza esposizioni settoriali e interdisciplinarinei nei campi dell'architettura, del design, dell'urbanistica, e dell'arte.
- Fabrica
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