There are different types of plugs in Italy. The two-prong plugs will fit
in. The problem is with three-prong plugs. You may need an adapter for
Italy.
>From personal experience. a lot of the plugs - even in modern hotels - look
like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#/media/File:Italian_sockets.jpg

A Europlug will fit in but will not be grounded. You can, in fact, always
connect a three-prong plug to a two-prong socket with a bit of tinkering,
but you will just loose the ground. Not a problem if there is no static
electricity on your devices. Big problem if there is some...

Best regards
Gabe


On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Michele Lavazza <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Dear Base, I can confirm that European bidental power plugs (CEE 7/Europlug)
> fit into Italian 3-hole sockets (weird as they may be :D)
>
> The en.wikipedia article about the Europlug says (@Stephen) that CEE 7/16
> is but an alternative name for Europlugs, so your Type C plugs do fit into
> Italian sockets too.
>
> Maybe you already came across it, but
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon#Recommended_Items_to_Bring 
> contains
> more detailed info than the FAQ.
>
> Looking forward to seeing you in Esino!
> Cheers,
>
> Michele
>
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 12:44 AM, Stephen Niedzielski <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I've been nervous about this too. I have these Type C, CEE 7/16 plugs:
>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007YL84VA/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Bohdan Melnychuk <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Can someone please confirm whether normal European bidental power plugs (CEE
>>> 7/Europlug) fit into those weird Italian three-holed sockets (Type L)?
>>> I see in FAQ that those are listed with OR operand, but I want to be sure
>>> :) It looks from Wikipedia that the sockets could be thinner than pins of
>>> European plugs? If just this is the problem then it isn't one :)
>>>
>>> --Base
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