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Italy

Italy (Italian: Italia), officially the Italian Republic; (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia, the country is bounded by the Alps. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy. It is a member of the European Union and it is a peninsula that goes deep into the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital city is Rome.

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