"Italia turrita" (; "Turreted Italy") is the national personification or allegory of Italy, in the appearance of a young woman with her head surrounded by a mural crown completed by towers (hence "turrita" or "with towers" in Italian).It is often accompanied by the "Stella d'Italia" ("Star of Italy"), from which the so-called "Italia turrita e stellata" ("turreted and stellate Italy"), and by other additional attributes, the most common of which is the cornucopia.