Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Satellite view of the peninsula in March 2003. The Italian peninsula (Italian: penisola italica or penisola italiana), also known as the Italic peninsula, Apennine peninsula, Italian boot, or mainland Italy, is a peninsula, within the Italian geographical region, extending from the southern Alps in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south which comprises much of the country of ...
Furthermore, since 1970, Maltese Italian has been considered for possible reinstatement as an official language in Malta. In 1981, the government of Malta began to publish the monthly magazine Lo Stivale in Maltese Italian. The Malta Constitution allows 3 languages to be official in Malta and this rule is favorable to the reinstatement of the ...
Metropolitan France is also known as l'Hexagone, "the Hexagon", referring to its approximate shape on a map. Continental Italy is also known as lo Stivale, "the Boot", referring to its approximate shape on a map. Continental Spain is referred to as peninsular Spain.
By ANDREW TAVANI Italy is one of the world's most geographically easily recognizable countries thanks to its signature boot shape, which earned it the famous nickname 'The Boot' (or 'Lo Stivale ...
Lo Stivale ("The Boot") was launched by Lo Stivale Graphics, Ltd., of Calgary on April 19, 1984.Written entirely in Italian, it was an independent, fee-based newspaper reaching "the Italian community of Calgary" every other Thursday, [7] covering news, culture and sports (including the local scene).
The Occitan Valleys [11] are the part of Occitania (the territory of the Occitan language) within the borders of Italy.It is a mountainous region in the southern Alps.Most of its valleys are oriented eastward and descend toward the plains of Piedmont.
Salento (Salentino: Salentu, Salentino Griko: Σαλέντο), is a cultural, historical, and geographic region at the southern end of the administrative region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the Italian Peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot".
Liguria and the Italian Riviera La Riviera italienne, travel poster for ENIT, ca. 1920.. The Italian Riviera or Ligurian Riviera (Italian: Riviera ligure [riˈvjɛːra ˈliːɡure]; Ligurian: Rivêa lìgure [ɾiˈveːa ˈliɡyɾe]) is the narrow coastal strip in Italy which lies between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the Apennines.