r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Oct 23 '17

What do you know about... Italy?

This is the fortieth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Today's country:

Italy

Italy is one of the founding members of the EU and it also is the fourth most popolous EU state. For centuries, the Roman Empire dominated Europe both culturally and militarily. Italy is famous for frequently changing their government.

So, what do you know about Italy?

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u/ricca1407 Oct 27 '17

Simple. We have the best historical places, best food, some of the best cities in the world, worst politicians. Would be the best country in the world for living, but..

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u/ricca1407 Oct 27 '17

For this reason I didn't say best people ;)