Country Profiles: Italy

Italian Republic -- Repubblica Italiana

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Statistics on Italy: CIA World Factbook
• US Embassy in Rome
• Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C.
• Istituzioni italiane Listing of web sites for government institutions in Italian

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Italy Country page contains U.N. related info, as well as other links about the country
• Italy and the IMF The IMF's Italy Country Page with links to articles

Internet Resources: General

• Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Italian Studies: UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources
• Medieval and Renaisance: UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources
• History of Italy: Primary Documents BYU site to historical documents
• WESS Web: Western European Specialists Section hosted by the University of Virginia library
• Italian Resources hosted by the University of Wisconsin
• Travel Information Travel to Italy with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• Uffizi Gallery Site of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. See some of the collections online
• History of Vatican City: Primary Documents BYU site to historical documents
• Duecento Collection of Italian poetry up to Dante
• Bollettino '900 Online journal devoted to literature (in Italian)

Online News Sites and Servers

• la Repubblica Daily Italian newspaper's online version
• Panorama Monthly magazine with articles and information online
• Web Radio International hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Italian Language Study

• Italian online dictionaries
• The UCLA Italian Department
• The UCLA Italian Club
• EAP Study Abroad Programs UC study abroad in Italy
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• Le Università Italiane A guide with links to all of Italy's universities
• Fulbright Fellowships for dissertation and postdoctoral research
• Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies Information on fellowships for Ph.D. students in humanities and social sciences
• SSRC/ACLS International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships: support for dissertation research in humanities and social sciences in all areas and regions of the world
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships For dissertation research in humanities and social sciences
• UC Berkeley Center for German and European Studies Fellowships for dissertation research, predissertation research travel, and UC faculty research
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about fellowships for Western and Central Europe
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

The Italian Republic or Italy is a southern European country, comprising a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. It shares its nothern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.