1.   Artisans have been practicing this kind of craftsmanship on the Italian peninsula since the days of the Roman Empire.

2.   Italian peninsula.

3.   Then they boarded a train for the long journey from Hamburg, south across the Alps into Italy and down the Italian peninsula to the port at Bari.

4.   Today, that primordial gathering on the sands is celebrated each July at beach resorts around the Italian peninsula.

5.   Yet Calabria, the rocky southwestern subpeninsula of the Italian peninsula, boasts many bays and coves that are still limpid.

6.   Police found the immigrants, all from Kosovo, on a beach in the Puglia region, at the heel of the Italian peninsula.

7.   A front of frigid weather from Siberia is blamed for the sudden drop in temperatures throughout the Italian peninsula.

8.   Gloomy times have descended on the Italian peninsula.

9.   In Calabria, the toe of the boot-shaped Italian peninsula, authorities evacuated a hospital Monday to get patients away from the smoke of a nearby blaze.

10.   Italian newspapers reported Wednesday that San Marino, a republic on the Italian peninsula, was trying to work out a deal with the Italian state mint.