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Italian unification ( Italian: Unità d'Italia ), also known as the Risorgimento (meaning "the Resurgence"), refers to the Italian movement that united the Italian states in the 19th century. Napoléon Bonaparte invaded Italy in 1796 and later controlled it. When he was defeated in 1815, at the Battle of Waterloo, the free states could now join ...
Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries. Italians, an Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom. Italian language, a Romance language. Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language. Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy.
The Senate of the Republic ( Italian: Senato della Repubblica ), or simply the Senate (Italian: Senato, [seˈnaːto] ), is the upper house of the bicameral Italian Parliament, the lower house being the Chamber of Deputies. The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical functions, but do so separately.
Regional Italian ( Italian: italiano regionale, pronounced [itaˈljaːno redʒoˈnaːle]) is any regional [note 1] variety of the Italian language . Such vernacular varieties and standard Italian exist along a sociolect continuum, and are not to be confused with the local non-immigrant languages of Italy [note 2] that predate the national ...
According to regional data, in 2018 tourism presences in Italy amounted to 436 million (216 million residents and 220 million non-residents). [55] With 71 million nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments, Veneto has the highest number of visitors and ranks sixth in Europe.
Italian German annexed by Bulgaria. The Italian zone was taken over by the Germans in September 1943. On 28 October 1940, Italy started the Greco-Italian War by launching an invasion of the Kingdom of Greece from Albania. In part, the Italians attacked Greece because of the growing influence of Germany in the Balkans.
The Italian Renaissance ( Italian: Rinascimento [rinaʃʃiˈmento]) was a period in Italian history covering the 15th and 16th centuries. The period is known for the initial development of the broader Renaissance culture that spread across Western Europe and marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity.
