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Since Roman times, Italy has been one of the cultural centers for all of Europe. It was the home of the Italian Renaissance, as well as many of the most influential composers of later centuries. It also incorporates multiple regional styles of folk music as well as a burgeoning record industry that supports a wide variety of rock, pop, hip hop and opera musicians. Italy has many distinct types of Music depending on location. The origins of music notation are from Italy. See Music of Italy for more information. ...

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From the Carolingian period onwards the name Marca begins to appear in Italy, first the Marca Fermana for the mountainous part of Picenum, the Marca Camerinese for the district farther north, including a part of Umbria, and the Marca Anconitana for the former Pentapolis (Ancona). In 1080 the Marca Anconitana was given in investiture to Robert Guiscard by pope Gregory VII, to whom the countess Matilda ceded the Marches of Camerino and of Fermo. In 1105 the Emperor Henry IV invested Werner with the whole territory of the three marches, ...

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The official language of Italy is Standard Italian - a direct descendant of Latin (some 75% of Italian words are of Latin origin). Prior to unification in 1861, Italian spoken throughout the country was incredibly varied - with dialects being virtually mutually incomprehensible in most of the country. Indeed, each historical region of Italy had its own dialect, with variants existing at the township-level. Massimo d'Azeglio, one of Cavour's ministers, is said to have stated, following Italian unification, that having created Italy, al ...

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Italy has influenced the cultural and social development of the whole Mediterranean area, deeply influencing European culture as well. Important cultures and civilizations have existed there since prehistoric times. After Magna Graecia, the Etruscan civilization and especially the Roman Republic and Empire that dominated this part of the world for many centuries, Italy was central to European science and art during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Modern Italy became a nation-state belatedly — on March 17, 1861, when most of the sta ...

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Italian culture is as varied and diverse as the Italian people. The culture of Italy can be found in the Roman ruins remaining in much of the country, the laws and philosophy of the Roman Catholic Church, the architecture, and on the terraces of the many football clubs. It can also be tasted in Italy's magnificent food. Culture of Italy - Name. People of Italy are usually referred to as Italian(s) as a whole. However, there are many regional groups that go by their ethnic name, such as Lombards, Sicilians, ...

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• Culture of Italy - Art
• Culture of Italy - Italian cinema and theatre
• Culture of Italy - Architecture
• Culture of Italy - Music of Italy
• Culture of Italy - Chant
• Culture of Italy - Italian hip hop
• Culture of Italy - Music of Central Italy
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• Culture of Italy - Music of Naples
• Culture of Italy - Music of Sardinia
• Culture of Italy - Music of Sicily

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Saint Adelaide of Italy (931-December 16, 999) was the daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy, King of Italy. Her first marriage was to Lothar, King of Italy, and was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father, Rudolf II, and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothar. The Calendar of Saints states that her first husband was poisoned by his successor, Berengar of Ivrea, who attempted to cement his political power by forcing her to marry his son; when she refused, she was imprisoned for four months, an ...

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Alba is an important town of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo. It is considered the capital of the hilly area of Langhe. Famous for the white truffle, peach and wine production, it hosts the Palazzo Comunale (13th century), some towers of 14th century, and the Cathedral of San Lorenzo (Duomo - started in 12th century and restructured in 15th century), well known for its wood-carved chorus. The Church of San Domenico [13th century]] ...

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The Constitutional Court of Italy (Italian: Corte costituzionale della Repubblica Italiana) is the supreme court of Italy. It has the power to invalidate laws with immediate effect it finds to be unconstitutional. There is no right of appeal on these decisions. Its role, powers and composition are defined in Section I (Constitutional guarantees) of Title VI of the Constitution. Article 134 states its passes judgement on: Controversies on the constitutional legitimacy of laws and enactments havin ...

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Umberto II, occasionally anglicized as Humbert II, (September 15, 1904 - March 18, 1983), the last King of Italy, nicknamed the King of May (Italian: Re di Maggio), was born the Prince of Piedmont. He served as the last King of Italy for slightly over a month, from May 9, 1946 to June 12, 1946. He was married in Rome, Italy on January 8, 1930 to Marie José of Belgium (August 4, 1906 - January 27, 2001). His children included: Maria Pia 1934- Vittorio Emanuele 1937- Maria Gabr ...

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This article covers the invasion of mainland Italy by the World War II Allies in September 1943 during the Italian Campaign. Allied invasion of Italy - Strategic Decision. Following the defeat of the Axis Powers in North Africa, there was disagreement between the Allies as to what the next step should be. Winston Churchill in particular wanted to invade Italy, which he called the "soft underbelly of Europe". Popular support in Italy for the war was declining, and he believed that an invasion would remove Italy fro ...

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The following is a list of barbarian kings of Italy. The term "barbarian" is more applicable to the Lombards than it is to Odoacer and to the Gothic kings: Odoacer (476-493), dux Italiae until the death of Julius Nepos (480), then self-styled rex Italiae, with the fiction that he was simply the representative in Italy of the Eastern emperor Zeno. Ostrogothic Kings of Italy Theodoric the Great (493-526) Athalaric (526-534) Theodahad (534-536) Witiges (536-540) Hel ...

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Victor Emmanuel III of Italy , Vittorio Emanuele III in italian (11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947), was the King of Italy (29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 - 1943) and King of Albania (1939 - 1943). He was also mockingly nicknamed Sciaboletta, or "little saber", allegedly because his short stature required his uniform to be equipped with a saber shorter than the ordinary. Victor Emmanuel III's position as Emperor of Ethiopia was not universally accepted, as Italy had overthrown t ...

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Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia from 1849–1861. On February 18, 1861, he assumed the title as King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy, a title he held till his death in 1878. Victor Emmanuel II of Italy - Life. Victor Emmanuel was born in Turin. During the reign of his father, Charles Albert, the kingdoms of Sardinia and Piedmont were united. Charles Albert went to war in 1848 agains ...

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Main articles: Music of Italy, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]See also:

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Italy currently has one national language, Italian. Several other languages are also spoken throughout the country. Over the centuries many regional languages have developed that some consider dialects of modern Italian. Examples include Milanese, spoken near the city of Milan, Neapolitan, spoken near Naples, Sicilian, spoken on Sicily, etc. For a more complete list see: List of Languages of Italy ...

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Italy became a nation-state belatedly — on March 17, 1861, when most of the states of the peninsula were united under king Victor Emmanuel II of the Savoy dynasty, which ruled over Piedmont. The architects of Italian unification were Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, the Chief Minister of Victor Emmanuel, and Giuseppe Garibaldi, a general and national hero. Rome itself remained for a decade under the Papacy, and became part of the Kingdom of Italy only on September 20, 1870, the final date of Italian unification. The Vatican is now an ind ...

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History of Italy, History of Italy - Origins of the name, History of Italy - The birth of Italy

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Culture of Italy - Italian cinema and theatre. The history of Italian cinema began a few months after the Lumière brothers had discovered it. The first film was a few seconds long and was Pope Leo XIII giving a blessing to the camera. The Industry was born between 1903 and 1908 with three companies: the Roman Cines, the Ambrosio of Turnin and the Itala Film. Other companies would soon have followed in Milan and in Naples. In a short time these first companies reached a fair producing quality and films wer ...

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All highways in Italy are paved. A1 Milan - Naples (Autostrada del Sole, SUN Highway) A1dir Nord Rome - Fiano Romano A1dir Sud Rome - San Cesareo A2 Rome - Naples (old terminology) A3 Napoli - Reggio Calabria A4 Torino - Trieste (Serenissima) A5 Torino - Aosta - Monte Bianco A6 Torino - Savona A7 Milan - Genova A8 Varese - Milan (Autostrada dei laghi) A9 Lainate - Como - Chiasso (Autostrada dei laghi) A10 Genova - Ventimiglia (Auto ...

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