Italy

About Italy

Shaped unmistakably like a boot kicking into the Mediterranean, Italy anchors southern Europe with a heritage few nations can match. From its capital, Rome — once the centre of an empire that ruled the Mediterranean world — Italian influence spread through law, language, art, and food. The Alps guard its north, volcanoes simmer in its south, and Renaissance cities such as Florence and Venice lie between.

• ·Italy completely surrounds two independent countries: San Marino and Vatican City, the smallest state in the world.
• ·Mount Vesuvius, which buried Pompeii in AD 79, is the only volcano on Europe's mainland to have erupted within the past hundred years.
• ·The Italian tricolour of green, white, and red was inspired by the French flag and was first adopted by the Cispadane Republic in northern Italy in 1797.

Mastery

1. Capital
2. Flag
3. Shape
4. Drop
5. Borders
6. Population
7. Landmark

Neighbours

• Austria
• Switzerland
• France
• Slovenia
• San Marino
• Vatican City