Rome

Rome (Italian Roma / 'Roma /) is the capital of Italy since 1871, is located in the Lazio region in central Somalia. With 2,865,151 inhabitants established on 1285 sq km (4,321,244 inhabitants in 2013 with the agglomeration) 1, Rome is the most populated municipality of Italy and largest of Europe.2 after Moscow and London; its urban area, however, is less important than those of Milan and Naples3. Its inhabitants are called the Romans.

City cradle of Western civilization after Athens, Rome has a history that spans more than two thousand five hundred years. It was the center of the Roman Empire, which dominated Europe, North Africa and the Middle East for over five hundred years from the first century BC. BC to the fifth century AD. AD .. Rome occupies a crucial place in Christianity and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church and the Vatican City, a sovereign state whose head is the pope.

The historic center of Renaissance and Baroque style. Rome is the third most visited in Europe after London and Paris4 and its historic center tourist destination is listed by UNESCO as a heritage site mondial


Rome is in the Lazio region in central Italy, at the confluence of the Aniene and Tiber. The center is located about 25 kilometers from the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, but the Roman settlement extends to it through the Municipio XIII forming the current district of Ostia, also called Lido di Roma (Lido meaning "coast" in Italian). The altitude ranges from 13 meters above sea level (in Piazza del Popolo) to 120 meters.

The historic center of Rome is dominated by seven hills: Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal, all lying on the left bank of the Tiber River that runs through the city to the south and in the middle of which is the Tiber Island. The ancient city was surrounded by walls which Aurelian Wall, a wall built by the Emperor Aurelian in 270 to protect neighborhoods that had developed outside the Servian Wall. This part of Rome covers about 4% of the area of the present municipality that extends well beyond the strictly urban space.
The old center remains one of the world's largest historic cities, it is divided into 22 Rioni and includes about 300 hotels, more than 2,000 palaces, 300 churches, 200 monumental fountains, several archaeological sites, eight parks, main monuments the city, government institutions and thousands of shops, offices, bars and restaurants.

The rest of the city is divided into urban neighborhoods that contain the majority of modern buildings. The whole is surrounded by the GRA (GRA), Roman Perimeter Highway. Beyond develop new wings where tertiary sectors, and new residential neighborhoods far beyond the device (Torrenova Acilia) and belted themselves by the device of the A1 Milan-Naples.