 officially the Italian Republic  a long peninsula shaped like a boot  It is bounded by France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia to the north  Italy's capital and largest city is Rome

The most prominent being St. Peter’s Basilica, located in the Vatican City.

the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire

 Situated at the south- eastern tip of the Italian peninsula, Apulia covers over 19,000 square kilometers in succession of broad plains and low-lying hills.

 The territory of Puglia (or Apulia in English), the easternmost region in Italy, is a long, narrow peninsula, bordered by two seas, the Ionian and Adriatic, with the longest coastline in the Italian peninsula  The region is divided into six provinces

 Barletta-Andria-Trani is a newly established province in Apulia, located between the Gulf of Manfredonia and the Territory of Bari.  Barletta and Trani face the limpid waters of the Adriatic sea, while Andria is located further inland, very close to the Alta Murgia that occupies most of the area of the Province.

 Bronze statue  Discoverd in 1204  unknown Emperor