diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index ec4a222a4ef..00e0c6fe929 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Ian Clelland <clelland@gmail.com>
     crankycoder@gmail.com
     Matt Croydon <http://www.postneo.com/>
+    flavio.curella@gmail.com
     Jure Cuhalev <gandalf@owca.info>
     dackze+django@gmail.com
     Dirk Datzert <dummy@habmalnefrage.de>
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/it/__init__.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/it/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/it/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/it/forms.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6760d917993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/it/forms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""
+IT-specific Form helpers
+"""
+
+from django.newforms import ValidationError
+from django.newforms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.newforms.util import smart_unicode
+from django.utils.translation import gettext
+import re
+
+class ITZipCodeField(RegexField):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(ITZipCodeField, self).__init__(r'^\d{5}$',
+        max_length=None, min_length=None,
+        error_message=gettext(u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX.'),
+        *args, **kwargs)
+
+class ITRegionSelect(Select):
+    """
+    A Select widget that uses a list of IT regions as its choices.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, attrs=None):
+        from it_region import REGION_CHOICES # relative import
+        super(ITRegionSelect, self).__init__(attrs, choices=REGION_CHOICES)
+
+class ITProvinceSelect(Select):
+    """
+    A Select widget that uses a list of IT regions as its choices.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, attrs=None):
+        from it_province import PROVINCE_CHOICES # relative import
+        super(ITProvinceSelect, self).__init__(attrs, choices=PROVINCE_CHOICES)
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/it/it_province.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/it/it_province.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1867191b319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/it/it_province.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*
+
+PROVINCE_CHOICES = (
+    ('AG', 'Agrigento'),
+    ('AL', 'Alessandria'),
+    ('AN', 'Ancona'),
+    ('AO', 'Aosta'),
+    ('AR', 'Arezzo'),
+    ('AP', 'Ascoli Piceno'),
+    ('AT', 'Asti'),
+    ('AV', 'Avellino'),
+    ('BA', 'Bari'),
+#    ('BT', 'Barletta-Andria-Trani'), # active starting from 2009
+    ('BL', 'Belluno'),
+    ('BN', 'Benevento'),
+    ('BG', 'Bergamo'),
+    ('BI', 'Biella'),
+    ('BO', 'Bologna'),
+    ('BZ', 'Bolzano/Bozen'),
+    ('BS', 'Brescia'),
+    ('BR', 'Brindisi'),
+    ('CA', 'Cagliari'),
+    ('CL', 'Caltanissetta'),
+    ('CB', 'Campobasso'),
+    ('CI', 'Carbonia-Iglesias'),
+    ('CE', 'Caserta'),
+    ('CT', 'Catania'),
+    ('CZ', 'Catanzaro'),
+    ('CH', 'Chieti'),
+    ('CO', 'Como'),
+    ('CS', 'Cosenza'),
+    ('CR', 'Cremona'),
+    ('KR', 'Crotone'),
+    ('CN', 'Cuneo'),
+    ('EN', 'Enna'),
+#    ('FM', 'Fermo'), # active starting from 2009    
+    ('FE', 'Ferrara'),
+    ('FI', 'Firenze'),
+    ('FG', 'Foggia'),
+    ('FC', 'Forlì-Cesena'),
+    ('FR', 'Frosinone'),
+    ('GE', 'Genova'),
+    ('GO', 'Gorizia'),
+    ('GR', 'Grosseto'),
+    ('IM', 'Imperia'),
+    ('IS', 'Isernia'),
+    ('SP', 'La Spezia'),
+    ('AQ', u'L’Acquila'),
+    ('LT', 'Latina'),
+    ('LE', 'Lecce'),
+    ('LC', 'Lecco'),
+    ('LI', 'Livorno'),
+    ('LO', 'Lodi'),
+    ('LU', 'Lucca'),
+    ('MC', 'Macerata'),
+    ('MN', 'Mantova'),
+    ('MS', 'Massa-Carrara'),
+    ('MT', 'Matera'),
+    ('VS', 'Medio Campidano'),
+    ('ME', 'Messina'),
+    ('MI', 'Milano'),
+    ('MO', 'Modena'),
+#    ('MB', 'Monza e Brianza'), # active starting from 2009
+    ('NA', 'Napoli'),
+    ('NO', 'Novara'),
+    ('NU', 'Nuoro'),
+    ('OG', 'Ogliastra'),
+    ('OT', 'Olbia-Tempio'),
+    ('OR', 'Oristano'),
+    ('PD', 'Padova'),
+    ('PA', 'Palermo'),
+    ('PR', 'Parma'),
+    ('PV', 'Pavia'),
+    ('PG', 'Perugia'),
+    ('PU', 'Pesaro e Urbino'),
+    ('PE', 'Pescara'),
+    ('PC', 'Piacenza'),
+    ('PI', 'Pisa'),
+    ('PT', 'Pistoia'),
+    ('PN', 'Pordenone'),
+    ('PZ', 'Potenza'),
+    ('PO', 'Prato'),
+    ('RG', 'Ragusa'),
+    ('RA', 'Ravenna'),
+    ('RC', 'Reggio Calabria'),
+    ('RE', 'Reggio Emilia'),
+    ('RI', 'Rieti'),
+    ('RN', 'Rimini')
+    ('RM', 'Roma'),
+    ('RO', 'Rovigo'),
+    ('SA', 'Salerno'),
+    ('SS', 'Sassari'),
+    ('SV', 'Savona'),
+    ('SI', 'Siena'),
+    ('SR', 'Siracusa'),
+    ('SO', 'Sondrio'),
+    ('TA', 'Taranto'),
+    ('TE', 'Teramo'),
+    ('TR', 'Terni'),
+    ('TO', 'Torino'),
+    ('TP', 'Trapani'),
+    ('TN', 'Trento'),
+    ('TV', 'Treviso'),
+    ('TS', 'Trieste'),
+    ('UD', 'Udine'),
+    ('VA', 'Varese'),
+    ('VE', 'Venezia'),
+    ('VB', 'Verbano Cusio Ossola'),
+    ('VC', 'Vercelli'),
+    ('VR', 'Verona'),
+    ('VV', 'Vibo Valentia'),
+    ('VI', 'Vicenza'),
+    ('VT', 'Viterbo'),
+)
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/it/it_region.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/it/it_region.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0700b46ea8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/it/it_region.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*
+
+REGION_CHOICES = (
+    ('ABR', 'Abruzzo'),
+    ('BAS', 'Basilicata'),
+    ('CAL', 'Calabria'),
+    ('CAM', 'Campania'),
+    ('EMR', 'Emilia-Romagna'),
+    ('FVG', 'Friuli-Venezia Giulia'),
+    ('LAZ', 'Lazio'),
+    ('LIG', 'Liguria'),
+    ('LOM', 'Lombardia'),
+    ('MAR', 'Marche'),
+    ('MOL', 'Molise'),
+    ('PMN', 'Piemonte'),
+    ('PUG', 'Puglia'),
+    ('SAR', 'Sardegna'),
+    ('SIC', 'Sicilia'),
+    ('TOS', 'Toscana'),
+    ('TAA', 'Trentino-Alto Adige'),
+    ('UMB', 'Umbria'),
+    ('VAO', u'Valle d’Aosta'),
+    ('VEN', 'Veneto'),
+)