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Map of Amalfi Coast View toward Positano from Salerno. Like the rest of the region, the Amalfi Coast has a Mediterranean climate, featuring warm summers and mild winters.It is located on the relatively steep southern shore of the Sorrentine Peninsula, leaving little room for rural and agricultural development. [5]
Map of region of Campania, Italy.svg (by Vonvikken). This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Italy map with regions.svg (by Helix84 ).
The 5 autonomous regions in red and the 15 ordinary regions in gray. Every region has a statute that serves as a regional constitution, determining the form of government and the fundamental principles of the organization and the functioning of the region, as prescribed by the Constitution of Italy (Article 123).
The region is home to 10 of the 58 UNESCO sites in Italy, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Amalfi Coast, the Longobardian Church of Santa Sofia in Benevento and the Historic Centre of Naples. In addition, Campania's Mount Vesuvius is part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves. [9]
To the east, Salento is 70 km (43 mi) from the Albanian coast, [6] at the narrowest point of the Strait of Otranto. It is Capo d'Otranto (also called Punta Palascìa), located at 40° 7' north latitude and 18° 31' east longitude. To the north of Salento lies the long and narrow inlet of the Adriatic Sea. Map of the climate of Italy
Strada statale 163 Amalfitana along the Amalfi Coast. The strada statale 163 Amalfitana (SS163), also known as Amalfi Drive, is an Italian state highway 50.36 kilometres (31.29 mi) long in Italy located in the region of Campania which runs along the stretch of the Amalfi Coast between the southern Italian towns of Sorrento and Amalfi.
Map of Italian islands. This is a list of islands of Italy. There are nearly 450 islands in Italy, including islands in the Mediterranean Sea (including the marginal seas: Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Libyan Sea, Ligurian Sea, Sea of Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Sea, and inland islands in lakes and rivers.
The Friuli region has multiplied four provinces in 18 unions of the Italian administrative unit called comune. [18] After rejection of the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum, the provinces of Italy were still kept alive under provisions of the Delrio Constitutional Law to be merged in a smaller number of union of provinces. [19]