The Piedmont region is a large region in northwestern Italy. the region borders Switzerland to the north and France to the west. Furthermore, the region borders on Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Valle d’Aosta. The region can be divided geographically into three parts: the Alpine region in the north, the Po Valley and the hilly landscape…
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Italy State Overview
Borders. – By virtue of the peace treaty (10 February 1947), Italy had to cede to France some areas along the Western Alps, namely a small area near the Piccolo San Bernardo pass with the famous Ospizio, the surrounding region at the Passo del Moncenisio, the so-called Valle Stretta which opens under Mount Tabor to…
Getting to Italy
GETTING THERE Arriving by plane Italy’s national airline is called Alitalia (AZ) (Internet: www.alitalia.com). From Germany there are direct connections to all major Italian cities, including Rome, Bologna, Florence, Naples, Palermo, Milan, Turin and Venice. Flight connections also from Vienna, Geneva and Zurich. Tuifly (X3) connects numerous German cities as well as Vienna, Geneva and…
Italy 2008
Yearbook 2008 Italy. Italy’s left-center government, led by Prime Minister Romano Prodi, fell on January 24 after losing a vote in the Senate. The government’s case was preceded by Justice Minister Clemente Mastella being forced to resign in the middle of the month as a result of corruption suspicions against him and his wife. Mastella’s…