Regions of Italy

Italy is divided into different regions (20 in total), each with their own history, cultural and culinary traditions and sometimes even, their own independent language.

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Not surprisingly, traveling through Italy is also like walking through a real-life course in history as nearly each of the italian regions is associated with a particular chapter in European history. Latium, for example, represents the Roman Empire, Veneto the Middle Ages, Umbria the Etruscan Era, Emilia-Romagna's town of Ravenna the Byzantine Empire, Sicily the Greek period, Florence the Renaissance and Piedmont the Modern Times, with its capital Turin, seat of the Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Fiat).

1. Abruzzo (formerly Northern Abruzzi)
Capital: L'Aquila

2. Aosta Valley (Valle d'Aosta / Vallée d'Aoste)
Capital: Aosta (Aoste)

3. Apulia (Puglia, sometimes Puglie)
capital: Bari

4. Basilicata
capital: Potenza

5. Calabria
capital: Catanzaro, regional language: Neapolitan-Calabrese

6. Campania
Capital: Naples (Napoli), regional language: Neapolitan-Calabrese
Travel highlights: Pompei, Amalfi Coast, Capri

7. Emilia-Romagna
capital: Bologna
Travel highlights: Parma, Ravenna, Rimini
Other Sights: Modena, Piacenza

8. Friuli-Venezia Giulia
capital: Trieste

9. Latium (Lazio)
capital: Rome (Roma)
other Sights: Viterbo

10. Liguria
capital: Genoa (Genova), regional language: Ligurian

11. Lombardy (Lombardia)
capital: Milan (Milano), regional language: Lombard
Travel highlights: Milan, Lake Como, Lago d'Iseo, Lake Maggiore
Other Sights: Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona, Certisa di Pavia, Monza, Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio

12. Marches (Le Marche)
capital: Ancona

13. Molise (formerly southern Abruzzi)
capital: Campobasso

14. Piedmont (Piemonte)
capital: Turin (Torino), regional language: Piedmontese

15. Sardinia (Sardegna), regional language: Sardinian (Sardo)
capital: Cagliari

16. Sicily (Sicilia), regional language: Sicilian
capital: Palermo

17. Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
capital: Trento

18. Tuscany (Toscana)
capital: Florence (Firenze)
Travel Highlights: Florence, Pisa, Siena
Other Sights: Elba, Carrara, Prato

19. Umbria
capital: Perugia
Travel Highlights: Spoleto, Perugia
Other Sights: Montefalco, Orvieto

20. Veneto
capital: Venice (Venezia)

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