page_title: Outline of Italy
section_title: Culture of Italy
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Italy / Culture of Italy
caption_attribution_description: Leonardo da Vinci. Line engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1795, after the sitter. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Leonardo Da Vinci
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: Culture of Italy
  Cultural icons of Italy
  Culture of Rome, Italy
  Architecture of Italy
  Ancient Roman architecture
  Italian Gothic architecture
  Venetian Gothic architecture
  Italian Renaissance and Mannerist architecture
  Palladian architecture
  Italian Baroque architecture
  Sicilian Baroque
  Italian Neoclassical architecture
  Neoclassical architecture in Milan
  Italian modern and contemporary architecture
  Fascist architecture
  North-Western Italian architecture
  List of Italian architects
  Cuisine of Italy
  Beer in Italy
  Italian wine
  Veneto wine
  Cultural icons
  Festivals in Italy
  Carnival of Venice
  Italian nationalism
  Italophilia
  Languages of Italy
  Central Italian
  Italian language
  Regional Italian
  Sicilian language
  Media in Italy
  Newspapers
  Radio in Italy
  Television in Italy
  Monuments of Italy
  Colosseum
  Leaning Tower of Pisa
  St Mark's Basilica
  Museums in Italy
  National symbols of Italy
  Coat of arms of Italy
  Flag of Italy
  National anthem of Italy
  Philosophy
  Italian philosophers
  Public holidays in Italy
  Festa della Repubblica
  Traditions of Italy
  Italian folk dance
  Units of measurement
  World Heritage Sites in Italy (See also Transboundary sites)
caption: Leonardo da Vinci
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