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Rome - Lazio "Italy"
Italy is made up of the Italian peninsula and the two large islands of Sardinia and Sicily. It has always been home to many different cultures and its capital Rome according to the Catholic Church is known as the holy city as it is home to the Vatican City. Italy is known for its art culture, paintings, theatre, literature, opera and its monuments such as the Leaning tower of Pisa and the Roman Coliseum. It has given the world countless artist, genius’, poets’, writers’ painters and popes. Is gastronomy is best known for its famous dishes of pasta and pizza not forgetting it wines. Find an abundance of ski resorts in the Italian Alps or alternatively enjoy windsurf or sailing on its coasts. There are also a wide range of tracks and refuges for excursionists with routes for trekking in the National Park of Abruzzo and the Macizo Sila in Calabria. Visitors can get to know the country by bike although it is quite mountainous. Popular routes are those in of the hills of Tuscany and the Valneria both found in Tuscany. Each and every one of its cities are worth a visit, Rome with its Coliseum, la Domus Aurea, the Constantine arch, Saint Peters church, the Vatican and the Fontana de Trevi or Florence with its Ponte Vecchio, the Uffizi gallery, La Piazza Della Signoira and Medici chapels or Venice, city of canals with its Saint Marcos Place, the Cathedral and its bell and the Watchtower or the Dux palace or The Gesu Place, the Palazzo Reale, the San Carlo theatre and the Castel Nuovo and the Pompeii ruins in Naples. Without at doubt a visit to Italy is highly recommended.
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