Italy Travel Wiki

Take the art works of Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Tintoretto and Caravaggio, the operas of Verdi and Puccini, the cinema of Federico Fellini, add the architecture of Venice, Florence and Rome and you have just a fraction of Italy's treasures from over the centuries. While the country is renowned for these and other delights, it is also notorious for its precarious political life and has had several dozen governments since the end of World War II.

Photos

View of Venice, Italy
Trevi Fountain, Italy
Fountain in Perugia, Italy
Black and white photo of Venice, Italy
Statue of David in Florence, Italy
Black and white photo of Venice, Italy
Scooter driver in Italy

Editors

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Andrew Dunkle from GO! OverseasAndrew studied Chinese and Art History at the University of Colorado, and is now the Senior Editor of GoOverseas.com. He loves to travel, and has so far called Colorado, Australia, Taiwan, and California home. He tweets at @AndrewOverseas.

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Map of Italy

Fast Facts

Capital: 
Rome
Population: 
60 million (UN, 2009)
Languages: 
Italian
Religions: 
Christianity
Currency: 
Euro or € (EUR)
Time-Zone: 
UTC+1
Calling Code: 
+39
Electricity: 
230V/50Hz
Emergency Numbers: 

Police: 112
Fire: 113
Ambulance: 113
Foreigner Assistance: 12

Embassies

UNITED STATES EMBASSY
Address: Palazzo Margherita, Via Vittorio Veneto, 119/a, 00187 Roma
Phone: +39-06-4674-1
Fax: +39-06-4882-672
Website http://rome.usembassy.gov

AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY
Address: Via Antonio Bosio, 5, Rome 00161
Phone: +39-06-852-721
Fax: +39-06-8527-2300
Website: http://www.italy.embassy.gov.au/

UNITED KINGDOM EMBASSY
Address: Via XX Settembre 80a, I-00187 Roma
Phone: +39-06-4220-0001
Website: http://ukinitaly.fco.gov.uk/en/

CANADIAN EMBASSY
Address: Via Zara 30, Rome
Phone: +39-06-854-4429-11
Fax: +39-06-854-4429-12
Website: http://www.Italy.gc.ca

NEW ZEALAND EMBASSY
Address: Via Zara 28, Rome 00198
Phone +39-6-441-7171
Fax: +39-6-440-2984
Website: www.nzembassy.com/home

SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY
Address: Via Tanaro, 14, 0019 Roma
Phone +39-06-852-541
Fax: +39-06-852-543-01
Website: http://www.sudafrica.it

IRISH EMBASSY
Address: Piazza di Campitelli 3, 00186, Rome
Phone +39-06-697-9121
Fax: +39-06-679-2354
Website: http://www.embassyofireland.it

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