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The maximum height of the Apennines is the Gran Sasso d'Italia (2,912 meters or 9,554 feet). Famous mountains in Italy are Monte Cervino ( Matterhorn ), Monte Rosa , Gran Paradiso in the West Alps, and Bernina , Stelvio and Dolomites along the eastern side of the Alps.
The borders of the Italian Republic in black, the borders of the Italian geographical region in red. The Italian geographic region, Italian physical region or Italian region is a geographical region [1] of Southern Europe delimited to the north by the mountain chains of the Alps.
The location of Italy. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Italy: . Italy is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe, located primarily upon the Italian Peninsula.
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The Fra Mauro Map of the world. The map depicts Asia, Africa and Europe, with South at the top.. The Fra Mauro map is a map of the world made around 1450 by the Italian cartographer Fra Mauro, which is “considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography."
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The volcanism of Italy is due chiefly to the presence, a short distance to the south, of the boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate. Italy is a volcanically active country, containing the only active volcanoes in mainland Europe (while volcanic islands are also present in Greece, in the volcanic arc of the southern Aegean).