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About.com: Italian Culture: Offers original articles and features about Italian culture, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include art, basilicas, businesses, films, genealogy, government, language, media, museums, opera, regions, religion, sport, travel, volcanoes and wine.
Author: About.com
Subjects: italian culture, italy
DeweyClass: 305.851
Resource type: documents, forum, index, news
CIA World Factbook: Italy: Basic reference information about Italy, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, coordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
Author: CIA
Subjects: italy
DeweyClass: 914.5
Resource type: document
Ethnologue Language Database: Italy: A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Italy, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
Subjects: italian language, italy
DeweyClass: 409.45
Resource type: document
Geological Survey of Italy: National geological institute of Italy.
Author: Consiglio Nazionale dei Geologi
Subjects: geological surveys, italy
DeweyClass: 554
Resource type: institution
Italian Libraries: Collection of links to Italian libraries accessible via a geographical listing or an interactive map. University libraries are highlighted.
Author: Politecnico University
Subjects: european libraries, italy
DeweyClass: 027.0
Resource type: index
Italian National Research Council: A government organisation which promotes and coordinates research for the benefit of the scientific and technological progress of Italy.
Author: Italian National Research Council
Subjects: italy, research councils
DeweyClass: 001.4
Resource type: institution
Italy Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006: Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Italy. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
Author: US Department of State
Subjects: italy
DeweyClass: 323.45
Resource type: document
Italy: Parliament of the Italian Republic: Official information from the parliament of Italy.
Author: Italian Government
Subjects: italy
DeweyClass: 351.45
Resource type: government
Leaning Tower of Pisa: Information about the famous Italian bell tower, tracing its construction which began in 1173. Provides details about the site, the building itself, developmental phases, the architect whose identity remains uncertain to this day, characteristics, decoration, inclination, and measurements. Also features Quick Time Virtual Reality film clips showing views from the top of the tower, and a collection of photographs depicting every detail of the landmark. Available in English and Italian.
Author: Opera Primaziale Pisana
Subjects: italian history, italy
DeweyClass: 945
Resource type: documents, images
Maps of Europe: Set of maps produced by the CIA covering the political and ethnic boundaries, administrative divisions and major defence industries in all countries in Europe.
Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Subjects: albania, andorra, austria, belgium, bulgaria, croatia, cyprus, czech republic, denmark, finland, france, germany, greece, hungary, iceland, ireland, italy, liechtenstein, luxembourg, macedonia, malta, maps of europe, monaco, netherlands, norway, poland, romania, san marino, serbia and montenegro, slovakia, slovenia, spain, sweden, switzerland, turkey
DeweyClass: 912.4
Resource type: map collection
Political Resources on the Net: Italy: Listing of political resources relevant to Italy, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
Author: Torre Argentina Societa di Servizi - Agora telematica Division
Subjects: italy
DeweyClass: 320.945
Resource type: documents, index
Rome: Living Guide: Tourist resource comprising information about accommodation, sightseeing, entertainment, dining, shopping, safety, and finding your way around the city. Also offers weather forecasts, a currency converter, and an online travel booking facility.
Author: Time Out Group
Subjects: italy
DeweyClass: 914.5
Resource type: promotion
Virtual Uffizi: The Complete Catalogue: Online museum offering indices of rooms and artists, a free text search facility, and general information for visiting the real Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Rooms exhibit works from specific periods and artists such as Botticelli, Filippino Lippi, Leonardo Da Vinci, Rubens, and Rembrandt. Biographies of artists are also provided.
Author: ARCA.NET, Casa Editrice Giusti di S Becocci
Subjects: art exhibitions, italy
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
VolcanoCams Around the World: Links to live and 'almost-live' views of volcanoes in the US, Italy, Japan, and New Zealand.
Author: US Geological Survey
Subjects: italy, japan, new zealand, volcanoes
DeweyClass: 551.21
Resource type: index
VolcanoWorld Volcano Index: Photographs, latitude and longitude, height, date of last eruption and descriptive information about numerous active volcanoes in over 40 countries in the world.
Author: North Dakota University
Subjects: antarctic, australian geography, bolivia, cameroon, cape verde, chad, chile, china, colombia, comoros, congo democratic republic, costa rica, dominica, ecuador, el salvador, ethiopia, greece, guatemala, iceland, india, indonesia, iran, italy, japan, kenya, libya, mexico, micronesia, mountaineering, new zealand, nicaragua, niger, papua new guinea, peru, philippines, rwanda, saint vincent, saudi arabia, solomon islands, spain, sudan, tanzania, turkey, uganda, volcanoes, zaire
DeweyClass: 551.21
Resource type: images, reference data
World Travel Guide: Italy: Basic reference information about Italy, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
Author: Columbus Press
Subjects: european travel and tourism, italy
DeweyClass: 914.5
Resource type: documents