{{Country|name = Italy|image = [[fileFile:Italien.png|400px300px]]|thumbimagetext = |rightsymbol = [[File:Italien vapen.png|60px]]|symboltext = Coat of arms.|continent = [[Europe]]|numberofzones = 78|maxpph = 78|updated = }} '''Italy''' (Italian: Italia) officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is a country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands. Italy is located in south-central [[Europe]], and it is also considered a part of western [[Europe]]. A unitary parliamentary republic with its capital in Rome, the country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and shares land borders with [[Country:France|France]], [[Country:Switzerland|Switzerland]], [[Country:Austria|Austria]], [[Country:Slovenia|Slovenia]], and the enclaved microstates of [[Country:Vatican City|Vatican City]] and [[Country:San Marino|San Marino]].
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Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campione_d%27Italia Campione]) and a maritime exclave in Tunisian waters ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampedusa_e_Linosa Lampedusa]). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union.
==Zones==There are [https://turf.lundkvist.com/?user=&country=%23&continent=Europa&countryContinent=155 78] [[zone]]s in the country all belonging to the same and only [[region]], ''Italy''. Most 49 of these 50 are counted as [[World Heritage Sites|world heritage sites]], two as [[trainstation zones]], one as a [[monument zone|monument]], four five as [[holy zones]], four as [[bridge zones]], one as a [[castle zones|castle]], and two as [[ruins zones]].
=== [[File:Zontyp01.png|24px]] World Heritage Sites ===