Italy.

230 V · 50 Hz on Type L, Type F, Type C.

Italian walls are a mix: the native three-pin-in-a-row Type L, plenty of Schuko Type F in newer buildings, and combination sockets that take both. Europlugs fit essentially everything, at 230 V and 50 Hz. Earthed Schuko plugs can meet an L-only socket in older buildings, so a small adapter is worth carrying even from within Europe.

The voltage window

A nominal 230 V supply may legitimately sit anywhere between 207 and 253 V (±10%). Dual-voltage gear (marked 100–240 V) shrugs at all of it.

Grid facts verified against IEC World Plugs — Italy. Prose is our own.

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Coming here from somewhere else?

Pack an adapter — Italy runs 230 V 50 Hz on Type L, Type F, Type C — and your 120 V appliances need to be dual-voltage or transformed, adapter or not.

  • Type A needs an adapter

    Italy's Type L / Type F / Type C sockets don't take a Type A plug.

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  • Type B needs an adapter

    Italy's Type L / Type F / Type C sockets don't take a Type B plug.

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Faces drawn to scale from pin dimensions · verdicts are physical fit + voltage math, not safety advice — when in doubt, ask the hardware store, not the internet.