Natural hazards in Italy
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According to The World Factbook, the main natural phenomena posing a threat in Italy at a regional level are landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and, in Venice, s
Ruins of the 1915 Avezzano earthquake
Geography of Italy
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The geography of Italy includes the description of all the physical geographical elements of Italy. Italy, whose territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region, is located in sout
Satellite image of Italy.
Vetta d'Italia, until 1997 considered the northernmost point of Italy, is now located 400 m further north in the Testa Gemella Occidentale
Punta Pesce Spada in Lampedusa, the southernmost point
The lighthouse of Punta Palascìa, better known as Capo d'Otranto, the easternmost point of the Italian territory