Italian Peninsula

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geographical region peninsula

The Italian Peninsula is a boot-shaped landmass in southern Europe that forms the core of modern Italy and has been a central region of Mediterranean civilization since antiquity.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Italian peninsula 4
Apennine Peninsula 1
Italian Peninsula (pre-Roman) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
adjacentToIsland Corsica ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
containsCity Bari ⓘ
Bologna ⓘ
Florence ⓘ
Genoa ⓘ
Naples ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
containsRegion Abruzzo ⓘ
Apulia ⓘ
Calabria ⓘ
Campania ⓘ
Emilia-Romagna ⓘ
Lazio ⓘ
Marche region ⓘ
surface form: Marche

Tuscany ⓘ
Umbria ⓘ
containsVolcano Mount Etna ⓘ
Vesuvius ⓘ
surface form: Mount Vesuvius
continent Europe ⓘ
countryOnTerritory Italy ⓘ
San Marino ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
drainageBasinOf Arno River ⓘ
Po River ⓘ
Tiber ⓘ
surface form: Tiber River
formsCoreOf Italy ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasFeature volcanic activity ⓘ
highestPoint Gran Sasso d’Italia ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Rome

Etruscans ⓘ
surface form: Etruscan civilization

Renaissance ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Europe ⓘ
mountainRange Apennines ⓘ
surface form: Apennine Mountains
northernBoundary Alps ⓘ
Po Valley ⓘ
partOf Italy ⓘ
separatesBodyOfWater Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
shape boot-shaped ⓘ
southernExtent Strait of Messina ⓘ
strategicImportance central region of Mediterranean civilization ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
UNM49Region 039-Southern Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (94)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Italian peninsula
Battle for Grain → appliesToTerritory → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Rex Italiae → appliesToTerritory → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
German Tenth Army → areaOfOperations → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Germanicus → birthPlace → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea → borders → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
Tyrrhenian region → coastlineOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Eurasia → contains → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily → country → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italy (historical region)
Roman Republic → expandedAcross → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Calabria → formsPartOf → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Italic languages → geographicDistribution → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Ionian Sea → hasCoastlineOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Late Bronze Age → hasLocation → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Habsburg–Valois conflict → hasMainTheater → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Late Antiquity → hasMajorRegion → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Latin West → includesRegion → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian peninsula
Ballomar → invaded → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian peninsula
Strait of Otranto → locatedBetween → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Apulia → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Duchy of Lucca → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Gran Sasso d’Italia → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Tuscany → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Gustav Line → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Italic peoples → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Magna Graecia → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Nera → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apennine Peninsula
Po River → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Samnium → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Sicily → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Southern Italy → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
ancient Italy → locatedIn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Assisi → locatedOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Campania → locatedOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Canino → locatedOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Curia Cornelia → locatedOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Enna → locatedOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Friuli Venezia Giulia → locatedOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Lake Albano → locatedOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Lombardy → locatedOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Predappio → locatedOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Teatro Romano di Trieste → locatedOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Tivoli → locatedOn → Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Galileo affair → location → Italian Peninsula ⓘ