Great website..
Today Mrs. Benincasa told me to add in a link to a great website. This website is www.initaly.com
The great thing about it is that all the information is in English!
So if you want to know more about Italy make sure you check out this website.

P.S. The link to this website is in the club's main page in the "links" section.

Facts about Italy
Topic: Facts
Here is some information about la Repubblica Italiana (Italian Republic)

NOTE: All this information below was taken from: The World FactBook.


ITALY

Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor Emmanuel II.

Location:
Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia .

Population:
58,057,477 (July 2004 est.)

Ethnic groups:
Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south).

Religions:
predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community.

Languages:
Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)

Capital:
Rome

Independence:
17 March 1861 (Kingdom of Italy proclaimed; Italy was not finally unified until 1870)

President:
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (since 13 May 1999)

Telephones:
- main lines in use:
26.596 million (2003)
- mobile cellular:
55.918 million (2003)

Posted by Alejandra at 23:12 EDT
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Mood:  celebratory
Topic: New feauture!
Hello I am Alejandra your secretary and webmaster of the Italian Club. I decided to add a blog for the following 2 reasons: 1)To add extra information about Italy and/or the club. 2) To let the members comment back about the club, club activities or information that I add here or in the main page of the Club's page. NOTE: The main news about the club still will be found in this link : https://www.angelfire.com/nj4/italianclub Well keep posted and soon I will be adding interesting things here. Ciao!