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Italy occupies a Peninsula
running southeast into the Mediterranean from the mainland of
Europe. Italy has many islands: the largest of them is Sicily.
Other important islands are Sardinia, Elba and Capri. In the North,
Italy shares the Alps with France,
Austria
and Switzerland.
A major mountain chain, the Apennines, runs down the centre
of the country. Vesuvius, close to Naples, is the only active
volcano on the European mainland; Etna on Sicily is one of
the world's largest volcanoes.
Rome is the capital city
and among other important cities are Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples,
Turin and Venice.
The largest river in Italy is the Po,
which begins in the Alpine region in the west of the country and
ends in an extensive delta on the Adriatic. The Tiber and the Arno
are the other major rivers. |
