The history of this amazing island begins with a myth. The goddess Venus, who was watching the battle of Jupiter with the Giants, saw how the angry god tore off a piece from the volcano Etna and threw it at the monster Typhon. Venus changed the flight path of the volcanic rock and directed it […]

Italy – key data Area: 301,340 km² (of which land: 294,140 km², water: 7,200 km²) Population: 61.0 million (2011 estimate, CIA). Composition:Italian (includes small groups of German, French and Slovenian-Italians in the north and Albanian and Greek-Italians in the south) Population density: 202 residents per km² Population growth: 0.42% per year (2011, CIA) Capital: Rome […]