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Cities |
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- Milano (7,400,000)
- Roma (3,800,000)
- Napoli (3,100,000)
- Turino (2,400,000)
- Palermo (666,552)
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- Genoa (615,686)
- Bolagna (373,026)
- Firenze (365,966)
- Bari (325,052)
- Catania (301,564)
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Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore
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Demographics |
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- Population: 58,126,212
- Life Expectancy: 80.2 years
- Literacy: 98.4%
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Median Age: 44.3 years
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Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
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| History |
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- The Estruscans ruled northern Italy from 900 B.C.
to 500 B.C.
- The Roman Kingdom (Latin: Regnum Romanum) was the
monarchical government for the city of Rome and its territories from
its founding. In Roman legend this took place in 753 BC by Romulus.
The kingdom ended with the expulsion of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
in 510 BC and the establishment of the Roman Republic.
- About 620 B.C., the Etruscan gained control of
Rome
- Roman Empire is founded (509 BCE)
- 451 B.C. patricians engraved the laws on 12
bronze tablets set in the Forum-standards for laws-principle that
citizens protected by law
- Visigoths sack Rome (410 CE)
- Basilica of Florence begun (1296) and completed (1436)
- World War II
- Italian women gain right to vote (1946)
- CIA helped fund elections in Italy in 1948, limiting Communist influence
- US President JFK meets with future Prime Minister Alo Moro, in Italy
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- Aldo Moro meets with Kissinger in USA, who reportedly tells Moro,
"If you don't abandon your political plans to bring the Communists into the
government, you'll pay a heavy price". Moro abruptly ended the meeting and returned
to Italy
- Prime Minister Aldo Moro proposes a "Grand Bargain" with the
Communist Party
- Aldo Moro is kidnapped and executed by Brigada Rosa (1978)
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| Languages |
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- Italian (official)
- German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are
predominantly German speaking)
- French (small French-speaking minority in Valle
d'Aosta region)
- Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the
Trieste-Gorizia area)
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| Religion |
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- Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third
practicing)
- other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish
communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community)
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