Across
- 2. — Italian-style frozen dessert
- 3. — Italian port city and birthplace of Christopher Columbus
- 6. — City famous for its cuisine and university
- 8. — German WWII field marshal known as the "Desert Fox"
- 11. — Italian military leader and unification figure
- 12. — River flowing through Rome
- 13. — Fruit central to Italian cuisine
- 16. — Italian word meaning "mountain"
- 17. — Common Italian term for a cathedral
- 18. — Independent city-state located within Rome
Down
- 1. — Italian fashion capital
- 4. — Active volcano on Sicily
- 5. — Italian word meaning "sweet"
- 7. — Italy's longest river
- 9. — Powerful Florentine family of the Renaissance
- 10. — Italian sweet bread traditionally associated with Christmas
- 11. — Traditional Venetian boat
- 14. — City associated with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
- 15. — Italian word meaning "beautiful"