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Rome or Rome (Italian: Roma) is the capital of Italy and the municipality and major city in the country and the most populous with more than 2.7 million people scattered on the 1,285.3 km 2. The city is located in the western central part of the Italian peninsula, on the Tiber River in Akulaimlazio Italian.
The history of Rome to two thousand and five hundred years. The city was the capital of the Kingdom Romanahotattabr one of the places the birth of Western civilization and the Republic of Romania and the Romanian Empire, which was dominant in Western Europe and the lands bordering the Mediterranean for more than 700 years of force since the first century BC to the seventh century. Since the first century AD and the Rome headquarters of the papacy and after the end of the Byzantine domination in the eighth century, became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. In 1871, Rome is the capital of the Kingdom of Italy became, and then the capital of the Italian Republic in 1946.
After the Middle Ages, the rule of Rome, popes such as Alexander VI and Leo X, who have turned the city into one of the main centers of the Italian Renaissance to Janpflorenca. St. Peter's Basilica was built and the current decorated Sistine Church on Ademekelangelo. He resided famous artists and architects such as Bramante and Bernini and Raffaellbad time in Rome, and contributed to the renaissance and baroque architecture.
Search Rome classified by the global network of cities and globalization in 2010 a cosmopolitan city Beta degree +, as well as being the city where 28 of global importance. In 2007, the city of Rome was the eleventh most visited in the world, and the third most visited in the European Union and more attractive tourist cities in Italy. The city and one of the most successful "," European labels both in terms of reputation or assets. The historic city center is on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites The monuments and museums such as the Museum Alfatykanwalkoloseyoum are among the 50 most visit tourist destination in the world (the Vatican Museums receiving 4.2 million tourists and the Colosseum four million tourists a year). Rome hosted the Olympic Dorhaloab summer of 1960 is currently seeking to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2020.


 
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