Also means
scenery
Usage Note
Paesaggio derives from paese (country/village) via French. It covers both the physical landscape and a painting depicting it (un paesaggio ad olio — an oil-painting landscape). Paesaggistica is landscape design/architecture. The plural is regular: paesaggi.
Examples
"Il paesaggio toscano è di rara bellezza."
Natural Translation
The Tuscan landscape is of rare beauty.
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