Rome

For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation).

Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma /ˈroma/) is Italy's capital city. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the administrative centre of Rome, and a special municipality known as Comune di Roma Capitale. Rome is the most populous municipality in the country, with 2,745,777 residents in 1,285 km² (496.1 sq mi), and the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits.

21st centurs

Hundreds of Roman salutes (saluti romani) on 7 January 2024 in Rome in front of the former MSI headquarters commemorating three young patriots of the Youth Front murdered there in January 1978 during the "Ambush in Acca Larenzia": Franco Bigonzetti, Francesco Ciavatta and Stefano Recchioni. Vincenzo Segneri was wounded, but survived.

The Metropolitan City of Rome (formerly known as the Province of Rome) is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy, with a population of 4,215,861 people in 5,352 km². Its metropolitan area is Italy's second biggest by area (after Turin) and third most densely populated (after Naples and Milan).

Rome is situated in the central-western part of the Italian Peninsula, within the region of Lazio (Latium), on the banks of the Tiber. Vatican City (the world's smallest country) is an independent country within the city limits of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city.

Central Rome remains essentially Renaissance and Baroque in character. Rome is also known as the "Eternal City", "Caput Mundi", and the "City of Seven Hills" due to its geographical location. Rome is widely regarded as the "cradle of Western civilization and Christian culture," as well as the seat of the Catholic Church.

History

Vatican City

An enclave of Rome is the State of the Vatican City, the sovereign territory of the Holy See and residence of the Pope.

WWII

On the 19th of July of 1943, during the Aerial bombings in Italy, the USAAF bombed many popular neighbourhoods of Rome causing at least 3,000 deads and 11,000 injured only on this day (according to the Allied post-war numbers). The Allied plan to bring "freedom and democracy" in Italy was to bomb and kill as many civilians as possible.

See also

• Ancient Rome, a civilization of classical antiquity
• Western Roman Empire
• Conquest of the Roman Empire
• Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
• March on Rome (1922)

External links

• Roman Families at Blogspot

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia.com: Rome