In this Italy online travel guide you will find informations, pictures and videos
of all 20 regions of italy and the capitals of each region.
Each region is divided into provinces of which there are a total
of 108 provinces, which in turn consist of 8101 municipalities.
Here is an overview of italian destinations for your vacation in italy.
Basic information
Italy has an area of 301336 km² and approcimately 59.3 million
inhabitants (2008). The Italian mainland can be almost regarded
as a peninsula, because almost all 20 italian regions are
surrounded by the Mediterranean sea.
Italy has overall a 7600 km long coastline, which makes it the
country with the longest coastline in europe.
The Italian currency until 2002 was the italian lira,
later replaced by the Euro.
The capital of the country is Rome with about 2,7 million inhabitants.
Among the largest cities in Italy belongs Milan (Milano),
Naples (Napoli), Turin (Torino), Palermo, Genoa (Genova), Bologna,
Florence (Firenze), Catania, Bari and Venice.
Religion
The Italian Residents belong with 85% to the Roman Catholic Church
and are for the most part very devout. Every Village in Italy has his
own patron saint which will celebrated on a given day every year.
Among the most famous and popular religious festivals are San Giovanni,
Santa Maria and San Giuseppe.
In particularly Sicily celevrates the festival of Santa Rosalia in
Palermo and Sant'Agata in Catania, Sant'Alfio in Trecastagni and Sant'Efisio
in Sardinia
Geography
Geographically you'll find in italy everything your heart disires,
from montain landscapes through dreamlike valleys, shores and volcanoes.
Surrounded by the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Ionian Sea and the
Adriatic coast the Italian peninsula is in the center of the
Mediterranean.
On the left side you'll receive for each italian region, the 108 provinces,
the 8101 municipalities and island group a map and more informations, videos
and pictures about cities and sights.
Sights - Attractions online video
Occasionally you can find on our website small
cages, on which stand "click to start the film".
If you click on this small cage, an online video
of sights and attractions of Italy will start.
Altogether there are currently about 50 online videos
and more than 2400 photos or pictures on our website.
The Lifespan
The Lifespan of Italians is the second highest after Japan.
In Europe Italy stand at the head what lifespan is concerned.
Many have the oppinion that it depends from the climate and
the Mediterranean kitchen.
The life expectancy for men is 78 years
and for woman around 83 years and approcimately 19% of all
Italians are older than 65 years.
Foundation of an enterprise in Italy
The team of www.italien-inseln.de moved from Germany to Italy to upgrading our
service to all tourists worldwide. Since this movement we will surely
make possitive and negative experiences in the field of the
foundation of an enterprise, we have decided to make an area on our
website for this issue and to make it available through our report...
Italy travel guide and online informations
