Italy
The boot-shaped land of Rome, art and pizza
Passport card
Italian Republic
Italy
- Capital
- Rome
- Continent
- Europe
- Currency
- Euro
- Languages
- Italian
- People
- About 5.9 crore
- Size
- About 3.0 lakh km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
- World Heritage Sites
- 62, the most of any country
- Time
- 4½ hours behind India in winter: at 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Rome, and 8:30 am in summer
⭐ Italy is shaped like a boot kicking the island of Sicily.
Your Italy stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Italy
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Italy
Turn the globe with your finger. Italy has 6 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Italy and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 11 times the size of Italy.
- PeopleIndia has about 25 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 5.9 crore in Italy.
- DistanceRome is about 5,900 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeItaly is 4½ hours behind India in winter. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Rome, or 8:30 am in summer.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Italy, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Italy
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Italy's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Italy back on the map
Italy and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 7 back?
Places too tiny to see are shown as circles.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Italy worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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