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Despite its twenty distinctive regions with their individual personalities and character traits, Italy as a country, presents one unified image to the world: La Dolce Vita.

Literally translated, la dolce vita means the sweet life, but what Italians live and love to create is “the good life.” In Italy, the good life is not about material possession, but rather about a living environment that expresses their passions and their collective spirit. In Italy, wine and food form an inseparable duo that puts an easy smile on their national face. In Italy, wine is food—and it is not just sustenance, it feeds the soul.

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The average Italian consumes 26 gallons of wine a year and consumes half a pound of bread a day.

Today's modern Italian language originated in the region of Tuscany.

With almost 40 million visitors, Italy is the fourth most visited country in the world.

Famous Italian explorers include Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, John Cabot, and Amerigo Vespucci.

Besides Julius Caesar, Shakespeare also set in Italy ( entirely or partially):
Romeo and Juliet, Othello, The Merchant of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Cymbeline,Much Ado About Nothing, Othello,The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona,The Winter's Tale.