The Italian Republic or Italy, is a country of Europe of the south, that comprises of European Union (UE). Its territory consists mainly of an extended peninsula (Itálica Peninsula) and of two great islands of the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. By the north it is bordered by the Alps, by where it limits with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states of San Marino and City of the Vatican are enclaves within the Italian territory. Italy forms part of the G8 or group of the eight industrialized nations more of the world. Located in the heart of the old Roman Empire, she is full of treasures that reconstruct the history of the bases of our civilization.

Geography
Italy consists predominantly of a great peninsula that extends towards the Mediterranean Sea, where next to its two main islands, Sicily and Sardinia, creates important aquatic masses, like the Tirrenean Sea to the northwest, the Adriatic Sea to the northeast and the Sea Jónico to the Southeast.
The mountain range of the Apennines forms the spine of the peninsula, going from the northwest to where they are united in the Alps, the mountainous chain that soon forms an arc which locks up to Italy from the north. There is also a great alluvial plain, the Padana plain, drained by the Po river and its several originating affluents of the Alps, the Apennines and Dolomitas.
Its higher point is Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) to 4,810 ms of height, but Italy is associated more easily with two famous volcanos: at the moment the inactive Vesubio near Naples and the very active Etna in Sicily.

Climate
The Italian climate is very warm in summer, mainly in the south of the peninsula, with high nocturnal temperatures, whereas in the north of Italy usually there are storms of thunders. Invier to us they are very cold and humid in the north and the mountainous zone. In spring and autumn the Sirocco, an originating warm wind of Africa, raises the temperature of the peninsula. For the summer he is advisable to wear light clothes of cotton and linen, whereas the winter demands to take to something more windbreak, although also can think about articles of average station if it goes away to the south.