There are several active volcanoes in Italy: Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe; Vulcano; Stromboli; and Vesuvius, the only active volcano on the mainland of Europe.
Italy is divided into 20 regions, namely:
Abruzzi - Capital is L'Aquila, area is approximately 10,794 km²
Basilicata - Capital is Potenza, area is approximately 9,992 km²
Calabria - Capital is Catanzaro, area is approximately 15,080 km²
Campania - Capital is Naples, area is approximately 13,595 km²
Emilia-Romagna - Capital is Bologna, area is approximately 22,124 km²
Friuli-Venezia Giulia - Capital is Trieste, area is approximately 7,855 km²
Lazio - Capital is Rome, area is approximately 17,207 km²
Liguria - Capital is Genoa, area is approximately 5,421 km²
Lombardy - Capital is Milan, area is approximately 23,861 km²
Marche - Capital is Ancona, area is approximately ,694 km²
Molise - Capital is Campobasso, area is approximately 4,438 km²
Piedmont - Capital is Turin, area is approximately 25,399 km²
Apulia - Capital is Bari, area is approximately 9,362 km²
Sardinia - Capital is Cagliari, area is approximately 24,090 km²
Aosta Valley - Capital is Aosta, area is approximately 3,263 km²
Tuscany - Capital is Florence, area is approximately 22,997 km²
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol - Capital is Trento, area is approximately 13,607 km²
Umbria - Capital is Perugia, area is approximately 8,456 km²
Sicily - Capital is Palermo, area is approximately 25,708 km²
Veneto - Capital is Venice, area is approximately 18,391 km²
Largest cities with populations over 300,000 include:
Rome in Lazio, Province code RM
Milan in the region of Lombardy, Province code MI
Naples in the region of Campania, Province code NA
Turin in Piedmont, Province code TO
Palermo in Sicily, Province code PA
Genoa in Liguria, Province code GE
Bologna in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Province code BO
Florence in Tuscany, Province code FI
Bari in Apulia, Province code BA
Catania on the island of Sicily, Province code CT
Italy has its own national airline, Alitalia [2], as well as several smaller carriers, such as Meridiana [3]. There are 406 budget routes flown from and within Italy by low cost airlines.
Most of mid-range international flights arrive to the following Italian cities:
Milan - with 2 airports: Malpensa (MXP) and Linate (LIN); in addition, Bergamo (BGY - Orio al Serio) is sometimes referred to as "Milan Bergamo"
Rome - with two airports: Fiumicino (FCO - Leonardo Da Vinci) and Ciampino (CIA)
Bologna (BLQ – Guglielmo Marconi)
Naples (NAP - Capodichino)
Pisa (PSA - Galileo Galilei)
Venice (VCE – Marco Polo)
Turin (TRN – Sandro Pertini)
Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area (population 1,600,000). Venice's nicknames include "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Bridges", and "The City of Light".
