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The Italian ___MASK42___ or Apennine ___MASK42___ (" Penisola appenninica ") is the central and the smallest of the three large peninsulas of Southern Europe ( between the Iberian ___MASK42___ and the Balkan ___MASK42___ ). It extends from the Po ___MASK36___ in the north to the central Mediterranean ___MASK8___ in the south . The peninsula ' s shape gives it the nickname " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). Three smaller peninsulas contribute to this characteristic shape , namely Calabria ( the " toe "), Salento ( the " heel ") and Gargano ( the " spur "). Florence is the ___MASK78___ city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the Metropolitan City of Florence . It is the most populous city in Tuscany , with 383 , 083 inhabitants , expanding to over ___MASK10___ , 520 , 000 in the metropolitan area . The Tiber ( Latin " Tiberis ", Italian "") is the third - longest ___MASK66___ in Italy , rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia - Romagna and flowing through Umbria and Lazio , where it is joined by the Aniene ___MASK66___ , to the Tyrrhenian Sea , between Ostia and Fiumicino . It drains a basin estimated at . The ___MASK66___ has achieved lasting fame as the main watercourse of the city of Rome , founded on its eastern banks . Vatican ___MASK16___ , officially Vatican ___MASK16___ State or the State of Vatican ___MASK16___ , is a walled enclave within ___MASK11___ of Rome . With an area of approximately 44 hectares ( 110 acres ), and a ___MASK12___ of 842 , it is the smallest State in the world by both area and ___MASK12___ , but formally it is not sovereign , sovereignty being held by the Holy See , the only entity of ___MASK79___ international law that has diplomatic relations with almost every country in the world . Marble is a ___MASK2___ composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals , most commonly calcite or dolomite . Marble may be foliated . Geologists use the term " marble " to refer to metamorphosed limestone ; however , stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone . Marble is commonly used for ___MASK43___ and as a building material . The ( plural : "") is a basic administrative ___MASK17___ in ___MASK35___ , roughly equivalent to a township or municipality . Lazio (; ) is one of the 20 administrative regions of ___MASK35___ , situated in the central peninsular section of the country . With almost 5 . 9 million residents and a GDP of more than 170 billion euros , Lazio is the second most populated ___MASK37___ ( having approximately the same in ___MASK12___ as Campania ), and has the second largest ___MASK21___ of the nation . Its ___MASK78___ is Rome , ___MASK78___ and largest city of ___MASK35___ . The European ___MASK52___ ( EU ) is a political and ___MASK93___ of ___MASK83___ states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal ___MASK99___ market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all ___MASK83___ states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU ___MASK83___ states which use the euro currency . Tuscany is a ___MASK51___ in central ___MASK35___ with an ___MASK81___ of about and a ___MASK12___ of about 3 . 8 million inhabitants ( 2013 ). The regional ___MASK78___ is Florence (" Firenze "). Carrara is a ___MASK16___ and " comune " in the ___MASK98___ of Massa and Carrara ( Tuscany , Italy ), notable for the white or blue - grey marble quarried there . It is on the Carrione ___MASK66___ , some west - northwest of Florence . A ___MASK16___ is a large and permanent human ___MASK13___ . Although there is no ___MASK15___ on how a ___MASK16___ is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings , many cities have a particular administrative , legal , or historical status based on local law . ___MASK35___ , officially the Italian ___MASK58___ , is a unitary parliamentary ___MASK58___ in Europe . Located in the heart of the Mediterranean ___MASK8___ , ___MASK35___ shares open land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . ___MASK35___ covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in ___MASK35___ as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous EU member state . The Dead Christ or The Redeemer in Death is a statue of Jesus Christ executed in white Carrara marble by the Irish sculptor John Hogan in Rome . Hogan created ___MASK1___ versions of the statue in the early 19th century : the first ( 1829 ) is located in St . Teresa ' s Church , Dublin , Ireland the second ( 1833 ) in St . Finbarr ' s ( South ) Church , Cork , Ireland the third and final ( 1854 ) is located in the Basilica of St . John the Baptist , St . John ' s , Newfoundland A fourth statue is on display in the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery , Cork Ireland . It is a plaster cast , bearing Hogan ' s initials . Latium is the ___MASK51___ of central western ___MASK35___ in which ___MASK11___ of Rome was founded and grew to be the ___MASK78___ city of the Roman Empire . Latium was originally a small triangle of fertile , volcanic soil on which resided the tribe of the Latins or Latians . It was located on the left bank ( east and south ) of the Tiber ___MASK66___ , extending northward to the Anio ___MASK66___ ( a left - bank tributary of the Tiber ) and southeastward to the Pomptina Palus ( Pontine Marshes , now the Pontine Fields ) as far south as the Circeian promontory . The right bank of the Tiber was occupied by the Etruscan city of Veii , and the other borders were occupied by Italic tribes . Subsequently , Rome defeated Veii and then its Italic neighbors , expanding Latium to the Apennine Mountains in the northeast and to the opposite end of the marsh in the southeast . The modern descendant , the Italian " Regione " of Lazio , also called " Latium " in Latin , and occasionally in modern English , is somewhat larger still , but not as much as double the original Latium . Rome is a ___MASK16___ and special " comune " ( named " Roma Capitale ") in Italy . Rome is the ___MASK78___ of Italy and of the Lazio region . With 2 , 870 , 336 residents in , it is also the country ' s largest and most populated " comune " and fourth - most populous ___MASK16___ in the European Union by population within ___MASK16___ limits . The Metropolitan City of Rome has a population of 4 . 3 million residents . The ___MASK16___ is located in the central - western portion of the Italian Peninsula , within Lazio ( Latium ), along the shores of Tiber ___MASK66___ . The Vatican City is an independent country geographically located within the ___MASK16___ boundaries of Rome , the only existing example of a country within a ___MASK16___ : for this reason Rome has been often defined as ___MASK78___ of two states . The ___MASK98___ of Massa and Carrara , until 2009 ___MASK98___ of Massa - Carrara , is a ___MASK98___ in the Tuscany region of Italy . It is named after the two main towns in its territory : Carrara and Massa , its ___MASK78___ .