Italy

Important Cities

Rome(Capital)
Venice
Turin
Pompei
Milan
Bologna
Florence
Siena
San Marino
Naples

Main Attractions

Rialto Bridge (Venice)
Piazza San Marco (Venice)
Basilica di San Marco (Venice)
Cruise down the grand canal (Venice)
Rialto Fish and Produce Market (Venice)
San Zaccaria and the Mercerie for shopping(Venice)
Capitoline Hill (Rome)
Castel Sant' Angelo (Rome)
Forum (Rome)
Pantheon (Rome)
Bargello Museum (Florence)
Duomo (Florense)
Pitti Palace (Florence)
Piazza San Lorenzo(Florence)
Leaning tower of Pisa (Pisa)
Collosseum of Rome
Amalfi Drive
Uffizi Gallery

Main Industries

Tourism
Footwear
Iron Steel
Textiles
Food Processing
Ceramics
Chemicals

Italy and the large islands of Sicily and Sardinia have very changeable weather in autumn, winter, and spring in marked contrast to the settled sunny weather of summer.
Signposts used in Italy are patterned according to EU recommendations and use mostly pictograms (not text) but there are minor differences (example: highways directions are written on green background while the white stands for local roads and blue for the remaining).
Before reaching Italy, have a quick overview on most important regional types (of the region you are planning to go to) and when on site ask the waiter for one of them (not too young, not too old), he/she will suggest you 4/5 wines (always choose the second or the third one).
Ospedale Degli Innocenti, by Filippo Brunelleschi, at Florence, Italy, 1424 to 1445.
Ponte Vecchio, by Taddeo Gaddi, at Florence, Italy, 1345 and 1564.
Maria degli Angeli, by Filippo Brunelleschi, at Florence, Italy, 1434 to 1437.
Italy's agriculture is typical of the division between the agricultures of the northern and southern countries of the European Union.
Italy was admitted to the United Nations in 1955 and is a member and strong supporter of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization (GATT/WTO), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the Council of Europe.
Italy has worked closely with the United States and others on such issues as NATO and UN operations as well as with assistance to Russia and the New Independent States; Lebanon; the Middle East peace process; multilateral talks; Somalia and Mozambique peacekeeping; and combating drug trafficking, trafficking in women and children, and terrorism.
Italy was the heart of the ancient Roman Empire, which united the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea and spread the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome through much of Europe.