Italian Peninsula — Th Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula ( it. Penisola italiana or Penisola appenninica ) is one of the three peninsulas of Southern Europe (the other two being the Iberian Peninsula and Balkan Peninsula), spanning 1,000 km from the Po Valley… … Wikipedia
Italian Peninsula — noun a boot shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea • Instance Hypernyms: ↑peninsula • Part Holonyms: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia • Part Meronyms: ↑San Marino, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Italian unification — (Italian: il Risorgimento , or The Resurgence ) was the political and social movement that unified different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century.There is a lack of consensus on the exact dates for… … Wikipedia
Italian folk music — has a deep and complex history. National unification came quite late to the Italian peninsula, so its many hundreds of separate cultures remained un homogenized until quite recently compared to many other European countries. Moreover, Italian… … Wikipedia
Italian nationalism — The green white red tricolour flag of Italy, it has been an Italian symbol since the creation of the Transpadane Republic in 1796 and has been a prominent Italian nationalist symbol. Italian nationalism (Italian: nazionalismo italiano) refers to… … Wikipedia
Italian classical music — Music of Italy Genres: Classical (Opera) Pop Rock (Hardcore New Wave Progressive rock) Disco Folk Hip hop Jazz History and Timeline Awards … Wikipedia
Italian language — Italiano redirects here. For other uses, see Italiano (disambiguation). Italian Italiano, Lingua italiana or Idioma Italiano Pronunciation [itaˈljano] Spoken in … Wikipedia
Italian city-states — The Italian city states were a remarkable political phenomenon of small independent states in the northern Italian peninsula between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. After the fall of Roman Empire there was a strong continuity of urban… … Wikipedia
Italian Campaign (World War II) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Italian Campaign partof=Mediterranean Theatre of World War II caption=US soldiers fire a bazooka at a German machine gun nest, Lucca 1944. date=July 10, 1943 ndash; May 8, 1945 place=Italy casus=Continue land… … Wikipedia
Italian Kingdoms — The Italian kingdoms are the names for the four major independent kingdoms in the Italian peninsula from 1816 to Italian unification in 1868. They are the kingdoms of Sardinia and Piedmont, the Papal States,the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the… … Wikipedia
