Italy has been the home of many European cultures as Etruscan
and the Romans and also were the cradle of the movement of the Renaissance, that
began in the region of Tuscan and soon it extended by all Europe. The capital of
Italy, Rome, has been during centuries the political and cultural center of the
western civilization, and also it is the city santa for the Catholic Church,
because within the city is the microstate of the Vatican.
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