On June 2, 1946, a referendum to the monarchy established the republic as a system of Italian government, adopting the land a new Constitution on January 1, 1948.
The members of the royal family who were taken into exile, for their relationship with the political family until November 10, 2003, when they were able to return, thanks to the amendment of the Italian parliament.
The Treaty of Rome in 1957 signed by six European countries has made Italy one of the founding members of the European Union.
From the end of the sixtieth years until the beginning of the eighty, there was a period of dissatisfaction at a political and political situation translating violently in the streets and armed struggle, now called an anni di piombó_.
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The Relievo presents four regional units: to the north, a continental sector that is governed by the Alpes; to the south, a financial sector articulated by the Apennines; to both the plains of the Po or the Padana; and finally the Volcanic islands.
The alpine system is spread across Italian territory almost all of its southern vertente.
In this great mountain assembly stands out the shapes of the Dolomites and in the crystal -sector, a few of the main members of all the alpine systems like Mount Rose or Cervin.
The remnant of Italian plains, though numbered, is of little extension, and is mainly situated on the coastline, and some made up of important banks like Arno or Tiber.
