The Italian Air Force (Italian: Aeronautica Militare; AM, lit. 'military aeronautics') is the air force of the Italian Republic.The Italian Air Force was founded as an independent service arm on 28 March 1923 by King Victor Emmanuel III as the Regia Aeronautica ("Royal Air Force"). After World War II, when Italy became a republic following a referendum, the Regia Aeronautica was …

The Republic of Rose Island (Esperanto: Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozoj; Italian: Repubblica dell'Isola delle Rose) was a short-lived micronation on a man-made platform in the Adriatic Sea, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) off the coast of the province of Rimini, Italy.. It was built by the Italian engineer Giorgio Rosa, who made himself its president and declared it an independent …

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The Italian football league system, also known as the Italian football pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for association football in Italy.It consists of nine national and regional tournaments, the first three being professional, while the remaining six are amateur, set up by the Italian Football Federation.One team from San Marino also competes.

The Italian Republic was the successor of the Cisalpine Republic, which changed its constitution to allow the French First Consul Napoleon to become its president. The new constitution changed the name of the state to the "Italian Republic"; it consisted of the same areas that had comprised the Cisalpine Republic, primarily Lombardy and Romagna.. The republic had a territory of …

The Constitution of the Italian Republic (Italian: Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana) was enacted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 December 1947, with 453 votes in favour and 62 against. The text, which has since been amended sixteen times, [citation needed] was promulgated in an extraordinary edition of Gazzetta Ufficiale on 27 December 1947. The …

The Italian Parliament (Italian: Parlamento italiano) is the national parliament of the Italian Republic.It is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1943), the transitional National Council (1945–1946) and the Constituent Assembly (1946–1948). It is a bicameral legislature with 600 elected members and …

The Royal Italian Army (Italian: Regio Esercito, lit. 'Royal Army') was the land force of the Kingdom of Italy, established with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy.During the 19th century Italy started to unify into one country, and in 1861 Manfredo Fanti signed a decree creating the Army of the Two Sicilies.This newly created army's first task was to defend against the …

The president of Italy, officially denoted as president of the Italian Republic (Italian: Presidente della Repubblica Italiana) is the head of state of Italy.In that role, the president represents national unity, and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Constitution.The president is the commander-in-chief of the Italian Armed Forces and chairs the High Council of the Judiciary.

The Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity (Italian: Stella della solidarietà italiana [ˈstella della solidarjeˈta itaˈljaːna]) was founded as a national order by the first President of the Italian Republic, Enrico De Nicola, in 1947, to recognise civilian and military expatriates or foreigners who made an outstanding contribution to the reconstruction of Italy after World War II.