Italy (ita)

Italy

Italy ranks 447th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vitoria-Gasteiz, Maribor, and Syracuse, Sicily. Memorable people born in Italy include Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Constans, and Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia. Memorable people who died in Italy include Luciano Pavarotti, Suetonius, and Julius Evola. Italy has been the birth place of many politicians and painters and the death place of many soccer players and religious figures. Italy is located in Italy.

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. It is located on a peninsula that extends into the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as several islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and two enclaves: Vatican City and San Marino. Its territory also includes Campione and the Pelagie Islands. It is the tenth-largest country by land area in the European continent, covering an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi), and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with a population of nearly 60 million. Its capital and largest city is Rome. Read more on Wikipedia