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Italy seems to exist as two counties in people’s minds. On the one hand it’s a place dominated by modern chic, with the seat of fashion in Milan, luxury sports cars that are astoundingly beautiful and cutting edge cuisine. On the other hand it’s a place steeped in tradition, with ancient ruins and renaissance architecture dominating its looks, and fixed ideas about the way food should be.

The old sites in Italy are well preserved. It has more UNESCO World Heritage sites than any other nation, and these include world-renowned buildings such as the Coliseum and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. These are important historical sites, but they’re also part of Italy’s crucial tourist industry, so they really make the most of their reputation. The ancient ruins of Pompeii are a breathtaking sight, with incredibly well-preserved finds, even down to the ovens and wine bars that people used ever day.

Italy wasn’t just the birthplace of Western civilisation in terms of the Roman’s influence. It also formed the heart of what became the European renaissance. Florence was the seat of power of the Medici family: a family that came to unify large areas of Italy which had become divided after Rome fell. Their ruthless power was offset with a re-emphasis on the arts, and brought out a whole generation of world-renowned painters such as da Vinci. Florence today still contains a great deal of astounding renaissance architecture.

One of the great modern attractions of Italy is the super-chic shopping on offer. Milan is in many ways the capital of fashion. You’ll find a clothes store of some kind on almost every street around the centre, and it has every major fashion brand from around the world in just one place. The Via Montenapoleone is perhaps the best street to head to, with a great selection of boutiques for a unique shopping experience.

You can also see a blend of old and new in the cuisine here, where things in general are rigidly fixed in past traditions, but the more upmarket restaurants are constantly pushing the boundaries.

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The Italian automobile industry is a huge employer in the country, giving over 196,000 jobs and is the 5th largest producer of cars in Europe. The Fiat group dominates the industry; over 90% of the Italian cars in 2001 were produced by it. However, it is the glamorous sports cars like the Lamborghinis and the Ferraris that spring to mind when the topic of great Italian cars comes up, and it seems as though Italy is also a prolific producer of these kinds of cars too. The question is why has Italy produced so many great cars?

As a general insight into the market place in Italy, there are many more small business than in other countries, and it is therefore less common to be employed by a large corporation than it is to work for a company that employs less than 100 people. Given this, it seems that for any kind of thing produced, there will tend to be more small manufacturers producing it, than there would be elsewhere. Manufacturers of sports cars do tend to be comparatively small, so perhaps the same thought applies, and that is why there are a lot these kinds of car manufacturers in Italy.

There is also a culture in Italy centred around creating limited numbers of highly refined products, which is very well suited to the production of sports cars. More specifically about the cars, Italian manufacturers like Ferrari design their cars for racing, which encourages the creation of incredible one off cars that are then fitted out with luxuries and released for the road. The one off designs, which are often very beautiful, makes the cars rare, and they grow in price and in infamy over the years.

Another reason Italy is known for producing many great cars might perhaps be the fact that it is home to two companies that produce cars of this calibre, whereas other countries (take Germany and Porsche for example) only tend to have one, if any at all.

Italian manufacturing has its reputation no doubt due to the skill and imagination of those involved in the process, but this cannot be the whole story. The state of the manufacturing industry encourages the approach that is most successful for the building of great high performance cars.

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So, you’re thinking of a visit to Rome, eh? Then you would most probably require a map of Rome. The idea of losing your way in this wonderful city sounds romantic to the majority of us, but it’s not to sensible, yes? This town has a unique radial block pattern, making it quite prone to traffic and makes it immensely difficult for the Romans to move from one place to another. Surely, if your Romans have this kind of difficulty, what more the vacationers? And that’s why a map of Rome will be very beneficial to any visitor, new and old.

Rome, as everyone knows, is the capital of Italy. It is one kind of its most densely populated towns and has the other largest metropolitan area in the country. It has gone through many rulers and dictators, hence supplying its visitors with a really amazing historic and cultural experience. Rome is the eleventh most visited city on the globe and appeals to an incredible number of vacationers yearly.

Its history has spanned almost two thousand years, and history buffs would salivate over all the knowledge that they are about to encounter. A map of Rome is necessary since in order to have the ultimate Roman experience, one would need to move from place in order to see the various sight that Rome is famous for.

You can get yourself a map of Rome practically anywhere. You’ve got your choice of book shops, libraries and you could even download it online. If you have a Global Positioning System, that would even be better. Rome is one of UNESCO’s world heritage sites, so it is a place one must never miss going to.

So book your trip, grab your luggage and keys and head off to what is just about the most romantic city on earth! And do not forget to buy a map of Rome, okay? Losing your way in a foreign country could possibly be a really unpleasant experience.

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