07/05/2026
Italia, quanto sei bella!! Do you wonder sometimes why this particular strip of land is so beautiful?
👉🏼🇮🇹Italy borders by land with Switzerland, France, Austria, and Slovenia, San Marino and Vatican.
👉🏼Italy has a coastline of 7,900 km (4,900 mi) on the Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Ligurian Sea, Sea of Sardinia and Strait of Sicily.
👉🏼🏝️ Italy has 450 islands, the 2 largest are Sicily and Sardinia
👉🏼🏔️Highest point: Monte Bianco (Aosta Valley) 4,810.90 metres (15,783.8 ft)
👉🏼Almost 40% of the Italian territory is mountainous, with the Alps as the northern boundary and the Apennine Mountains forming the backbone of the peninsula
👉🏼 The hills cover most of the Italian territory. They are mainly located in the central-southern part of the peninsula,
👉🏼The plains make up 23.2% of the Italian national territory.
👉🏼 Rivers in Italy total about 1,200. The longest river is the Po (652 km or 405 mi) The second longest Italian river is the Adige (410 km or 250 mi), The third is the Tiber (405 km or 252 mi)
👉🏼 There are more than 1,500 lakes, the largest is the Garda (370 km2 or 143 sq mi). Second largest is Lake Maggiore (212.5 km2 or 82 sq mi), followed by Como (146 km2 or 56 sq mi), Trasimeno. Orta, Lugano, Iseo, Idro.
👉🏼 🌋Out of 12 volcanos in Italy, 9 are considered still active. Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli, Vulcano are the largest.
👉🏼🏜️25 National Parks
Its rich soil produces the tastiest food on the planet.
👉🏼Italy has one the highest level of faunal biodiversity in Europe, with over 57,000 species recorded, representing more than a third of all European fauna.
