Italy Information - Page 1 Italy occupies a Peninsula running
southeast into the Mediterranean from the mainland of Europe.
Its land borders in the North are with France, Switzerland,
Austria and Slovenia. To the East, Italy faces former Yugoslavia
across the Adriatic Sea. To the west is the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Italy has many islands: the largest of them is Sicily. Sardinia,
Elba and Capri are also important. Italy also includes two
separate principalities: Vatican City in Rome and San Marino.
Rome is the capital city and among other important cities are
Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Turin and Venice. 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. 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 o