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Its territory consists mainly of a peninsula (Peninsula Italic, crossed by the chain of the Apennines) and of two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia.

The Alpes surround the north.

Geographically, Italy comprises three parts: a mainland, a peninsular, and an islander.

Italy has borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia.

The independent states of San Marino and the City of the Vatican are enclosed in Italian territory.

Italy is a member of the G8 or a group of the eight most industrialized nations of the world.

Situated in the heart of the ancient Roman Empire, the land is full of treasures that constitute the history and basis of Western civilization.

His capital is Rome, called the eternal city.

Language: Italian.

XYZ History

XYZ Prime Cultures and Iron age

During the Iron Age, several cultures could be different from three large geographical nuclei:

- that of the ancient Latin

- that from Magna Grecia

- that of Etruria,