page_title: Outline of Italy
section_title: Geography of Italy
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Italy / Geography of Italy
caption_attribution_description: English: Brescia - Duomo Nuovo viewed by the castle Italiano: Brescia - Duomo Nuovo visto dal castello Brescia - Duomo Nuovo visto dal castello
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Italy:
  Italy is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe, located primarily upon the Italian Peninsula. It is where Ancient Rome originated as a small agricultural community about the 8th century BC, which spread over the course of centuries into the colossal Roman empire, encompassing the whole Mediterranean Sea and merging the Ancient Greek and Roman cultures into one civilization. This civilization was so influential that parts of it survive in modern law, administration, philosophy and arts, providing the groundwork that the Western world is based upon.
context_section_description: Geography of Italy
  Italy is:
  a peninsula
  a country
  a member state of the European Union
  Location:
  Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  Eurasia
  Europe
  Western Europe
  Southern Europe
  Italian Peninsula
  Time zone:  Central European Time (UTC+01), Central European Summer Time (UTC+02)
  Extreme points of Italy
  North: Glockenkarkopf
  South: Punta Pesce Spada
  East: Capo d'Otranto
  West: Rocca Bernauda
  High: Monte Bianco 4,810 m (15,781 ft)
  Low: Contane on the Po Delta  −3.2 m (−10 ft)
  Land boundaries:  1,899 km
    Switzerland (outline) 740 km
   France (outline) 488 km
   Austria (outline) 430 km
   Slovenia (outline) 199 km
   San Marino (outline) 39 km
    Vatican City (outline) 3 km
  Coastline: 7,600 km
  Sharing Adriatic Sea with Croatia
  Population of Italy: 60,067,554 people (2009/01/31 estimate) - 23rd most populous country
  Area of Italy: 301,338 km² (116,347 sq mi) - 71st largest country
  Atlas of Italy
caption: View of Brescia
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