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Correggio
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Inhabitants of Italy are referred to as Italians. Their official language is Standard Italian, descendant of Tuscan dialect and a direct descendant of Latin. The word Italy is derived from the Homeric Aeolic word which means bull. Italy is subject to highly diverse weather conditions in autumn, winter, and spring. The country has the fifth-highest population density in Europe at 193 persons per square kilometer. Today, despite regional variations in the form of accents and vowel emphasis, Italian is fully comprehensible to most throughout the country.
Correggio is one of Italy’s most popular destinations, and is well known for the quantity of cultural related attractions and monuments that the town has embraced. It is a small town in the Province of Reggio Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region, in the Po valley. It is the birth place of the famous Renaissance painter Antonio Allegri, who was called il Correggio from the name of his town, and it is also the birthplace of Venetian School composer Claudio Merulo.
According to the precious archeological findings, it can be affirmed that Correggio was first populated during the Roman era. The town centre has buildings in a wide range of styles that include neoclassical, modernista, noucentrista and simply eclectic. Today, Correggio serves both as a tourist centre and a dormitory town in Italy.
Presently, Correggio experiences a sharp social, economic and population growth derivative of the strategic position of the locality and the high level of well-being and quality of life that is enjoyed with respect to other places of Italy. This fact has consolidated along with other adjacent municipalities, as a great alternative for residence.
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