TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF ITALY

ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Language The official language and spoken by the majority is the Italian of the Indo-European language family romances. Also there are areas where people speak German, French, Catalan, Croatian

POPULATION OF ITALY

Italy, officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign member of the European Union. It is a bi-continental country, its territory is in Southern Europe and North Africa, its European territory is formed by the Italian peninsula, the Po valley and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, in Africa are the Pelagie islands and Pantelleria island. In the north is bordered by the Alps, where it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy. In turn Campione d'Italia is an Italian municipality forming a small enclave on Swiss territory.

Has been the home of many European cultures as Nuraghe civilization, the Etruscans, Greeks and Romans and was also the cradle of Humanism and the Renaissance, which began in the region of Tuscany and soon spread throughout Europe. Italy's capital, Rome, was for centuries the political and cultural center of Western civilization, and also the holy city for the Catholic Church, for within the city is the Vatican microstate. The country's cultural significance is reflected in its World Heritage because it has forty-seven, the largest number in the world.

CLIMATE OF ITALY

Climate The climate in Italy is varied, from a cold climate in the elevations of the Apennines and the Alps, to semitropical on the Ligurian coast. The average annual temperature ranges earns 11 ° C

ITALIAN COIN

The euro (EUR or €) is the currency for the European nations belonging to the European Union Eurozone. The euro coins have two different sides, a common side (front) across Europe indicating the value of the currency and the national side with the chosen design for each of the countries.

Italian euro coins each have a unique design, dedicated to honoring the works of most famous Italian art. Each coin was designed by a different artist, namely coin 1 cent to 2 euro: Eugenio Driutti, Luciana De Simoni, Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini, Claudia Momoni, Maria Angela Cassol, Roberto Mauri, Laura and Maria Carmela Cretara Colaneri. All designs have in common the 12 stars of the European Union, the year of minting and overlapping letters "RI" Repubblica Italiana (Italian Republic).