Preposizioni (I)
Grammatica Centrale
The simple preposition a in Italian has a multitude of uses. The preposition a is often used before particular cities or places:
a Roma
a Firenze
a Berlino
but in Toscana1
The following places and locations are also used with the preposition a:
a casa2 at home
a letto in bed, to bed
alla stazione at the station
Note that almost all the simple prepositions - except per and fra/tra - combine with the definite article.
1
The preposition in is used with regions and countries (in Toscana, in Italia).
2
Note that in some of these constructions, the definite article is not used.