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Encyclopedia: Italian Peninsula

The Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula (Italian: Penisola italiana or Penisola appenninica) is one of the greatest peninsulas of Europe, spanning 1,000 km from the Alps in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south. The peninsula is well-known for its boot shape, in fact it is known as Lo Stivale (Italian for "The boot").

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How to say "Italian Peninsula" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	亚平宁半岛
	(Japanese)	イタリア半島
	(Spanish)	Península Itálica
	(Italian)	Penisola italiana

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San Marino, San Marino

San Marino castello is the capital city of the Republic of San Marino on the Italian peninsula, near the Adriatic Sea...

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Italian Region

This region is the includes the countries of the Italian peninsula, as well as the Mediterranean island of Malta. Neighboring countries to Italy, such as Switzerland, are often considered part of this region because it is very influenced by the culture...

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Italian peninsula

The Italian peninsula or the Apennine peninsula is one of the greatest peninsulas of Europe, spanning 1000 km from the Alps in the north, to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south. Located in... of Italy in the NW Vatican City, which is an enclave in the Italian city of Rome The name Apennine...

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Southern Europe

: France Southern France, Monaco Iberian Peninsula Spain, Portugal, Andorra Italian Peninsula Southern Italy, Vatican City, San Marino Balkan Peninsula Albania, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro...

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Italic languages

has two branches: Sabellic including: Oscan, spoken in the south-central region of the Italian peninsula Umbrian (not to be confused with the modern Umbrian dialect of Italian), spoken in the north... political dominion over the whole of the Italian peninsula, so too did Latin become dominant over the...

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Africa-Eurasia

numerous subregions: Asia Middle East - Anatolia, Levant, Mesopotamia, Arabian Peninsula, Iranian Plateau Indian Subcontinent East Asia Central Asia Siberia Southeast Asia - Indochina, Malay Peninsula Europe Scandinavia Iberian Peninsula Italian Peninsula Balkan Peninsula British Isles Central...

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Prisoner in the Vatican

of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when most of...

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Regions of Europe

Italian Peninsula Located in the south of Europe, the Italian peninsula contains the states of... Europe Southern Europe Central Europe Peninsulas Balkan Peninsula The Balkan peninsula is..., Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, (Part of) Turkey Iberian Peninsula...

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Croton

Croton or Crotona (present-day Crotone ), in the "toe" of the Italian peninsula, was an Achaean colony from c. 710 BC on the coast of the Sinus Tarentinus (Bay of Tarento), that became a powerful early city of Magna Graecia. It was notable for its resident Pythagoras and his school, the...

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Louis the Blind

desired to block Berengar from gaining control of the Italian peninsula. Louis thus marched his army...

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