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It has the world's largest number of World Heritage Sites (59), and is the world's fifth-most visited country.
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The Greek colonization placed the Italic peoples in contact with democratic forms of government.
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Rome over the course of centuries grew into a massive empire stretching from Britain to the borders of Persia.
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Invasions of the peninsula resulted in a chaotic succession of barbarian kingdoms.
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The Republic of Venice was able to defeat the Byzantine Empire and finance the voyages of Marco Polo to Asia.
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Italy was the birthplace and heart of the Renaissance during the 1400s and 1500s.
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Northern and central Italy were reorganised by Napoleon as a number of Sister Republics of France.
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Italian Fascism is based upon Italian nationalism and imperialism.
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Between 1992 and 1993, Italy faced terror attacks perpetrated by the Sicilian Mafia.
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The Italian wolf is the national animal of Italy, while the national tree is the strawberry tree.
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The Holy See, the episcopal jurisdiction of Rome, contains the central government of the Catholic Church.
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Italy is the world's largest wine producer, and one of the leading in olive oil.
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Italy has been the final destination of the Silk Road for many centuries.
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Galileo Galilei, an astronomer, physicist, engineer, and polymath, played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.
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Michelangelo was active as a sculptor from 1500 to 1520; his works include his David, Pietà, and Moses.
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The Teatro di San Carlo in Naples is the oldest continuously active venue for public opera in the world.
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Italy's national football team is one of the world's most successful teams.
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In 2009, Milan was declared the "fashion capital of the world" by Global Language Monitor itself.
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The Mediterranean diet forms the basis of Italian cuisine, rich in pasta, fish, fruits and vegetables.
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The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world.
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