Italy has a very broad and diverse architectural style that has created a highly diverse and eclectic range in architectural designs, and is known for its considerable architectural achievements, such as the construction of arches, domes and similar structure during ancient Rome in the late 14th to 16th century.

Italian architecture has also widely influenced the architecture of the world with an estimated total of 100,000 monuments of all varieties (museums, palaces, buildings, statues, churches, art galleries, villas, fountains, historic houses and archaeological remains).