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Capital of Italy
Rome, the capital since 1871.
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Form of government
A parliamentary republic since the referendum of 2 June 1946.
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President of the Republic
Head of state, elected for seven years by Parliament and regional delegates.
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Parliament
Two chambers with equal powers: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
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Regions
Twenty regions, five of them with a special statute.
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Constitution
In force since 1 January 1948.
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Currency
The euro, in cash circulation since 2002; the lira was used before.
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National anthem
Il Canto degli Italiani, with words by Goffredo Mameli (1847) and music by Michele Novaro.
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Italian flag
A tricolour of green, white and red in vertical stripes.
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Republic Day
2 June, commemorating the 1946 referendum.
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Liberation Day
25 April, commemorating the end of Nazi-Fascist rule in 1945.
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Founding of Rome
Traditionally 753 BC, by Romulus.
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Unification
The Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed in 1861; Rome was captured in 1870.
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Longest river
The Po, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic.
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Largest lake
Lake Garda.
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Active volcanoes
Etna (Sicily), Vesuvius (near Naples) and Stromboli (Aeolian Islands).
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Largest islands
Sicily and Sardinia.
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Highest mountain entirely in Italy
The Gran Paradiso, in the Graian Alps.
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Smallest region
Valle d'Aosta.
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Seas around Italy
Adriatic, Ionian, Tyrrhenian and Ligurian.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper (in Milan).
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Michelangelo
Sculpted David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508-1512).
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Galileo Galilei
Discovered the moons of Jupiter in 1610 with a telescope.
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Alessandro Volta
Invented the voltaic pile, an early electric battery, in 1800.
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Guglielmo Marconi
Pioneer of wireless telegraphy; Nobel Prize in Physics, 1909.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Composer of La traviata, Rigoletto and Aida.
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FIFA World Cup titles
Four: 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006.
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Neapolitan pizza
The art of the Neapolitan pizzaiuolo is on UNESCO's intangible heritage list (2017).
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Winter Olympic Games
Cortina 1956, Turin 2006, and Milan and Cortina 2026.
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Giro d'Italia
Annual cycling race, first held in 1909; the leader wears the pink jersey.

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