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2 days ago · Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma, pronounced [ˈroːma] ⓘ) is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, and a special comune (municipality) named Comune di Roma Capitale.
4 days ago · After a plebiscite in October 1870, Rome became the capital of a united Italy. Pius refused to accept the Italian government’s offer of settlement and styled himself a prisoner in the Vatican. The pope ordered Catholics to withhold their support from the new Italian state; he also excommunicated united Italy’s first king, Victor Emmanuel II.
2 days ago · Vatican City (/ ˈ v æ t ɪ k ən / ⓘ), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; [f] Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), [g] [h] is a landlocked sovereign country, [16] [17] city-state, microstate, and enclave surrounded by, and historically a part of, Rome, Italy.
3 days ago · The Flavian Amphitheatre, more commonly known as the Colosseum, stands in the archaeological heart of Rome and welcomes large numbers of visitors daily, attracted by the fascination of its history and its complex architecture.
3 days ago · A shining beacon of Roman history and a melting pot of some of Europe's — scratch that, the world's most delectable food, it's no wonder that the Italian capital welcomes over nine million visitors each and every year.
3 days ago · Roman Forum-Palatine and Imperial Fora in a single itinerary. One ticket gives you access to the new route, which allows you to visit the archaeological heart of Rome in about two hours: the Roman Forum, the Imperial Fora and the Palatine .
Rome has been the capital of the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Papal States, Kingdom of Italy, and from 1946 to the present, the Italian Republic. 2. Rome is the 4th most populous city in the European Union, with 2.8 million people living within the city limits.
