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The city was ranked in 2014 as 32nd in the Global Cities Index, the highest in Italy. [155] With a 2005 GDP of €94.376 billion (US$121.5 billion), [ 156 ] [ needs update ] the city produces 6.7% of the national GDP (more than any other single city in Italy), and its unemployment rate, lowered from 11.1% to 6.5% between 2001 and 2005, is now ...
Roma nun fa' la stupida stasera" (lit. "Rome don't be stupid tonight") is a 1962 Italian song composed by Armando Trovajoli (music) and Garinei & Giovannini (lyrics). Originally part of the musical comedy Rugantino , starring Nino Manfredi and Lea Massari , in which it was performed at the end of the first act, it became a classic of Italian ...
In the center of the piazza is a fountain, the Fontana del Pantheon, surmounted by an Egyptian obelisk.The fountain was constructed by Giacomo della Porta under Pope Gregory XIII in 1575, and the Pantheon obelisk was added to it in 1711 under Pope Clement XI.
Angelo Mai, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Index (15 February 1838-9 September 1854) Karl August Graf von Reisach, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Studies (20 December 1855-27 September 1861; 27 September 1861-22 June 1868 in commendam) Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (16 January 1874 – 24 March 1884)
Roma Termini (in Italian, Stazione Termini) (IATA: XRJ) is the main railway station of Rome, Italy. It is named after the district of the same name, which in turn took its name from ancient Baths of Diocletian (in Latin , thermae ), which lies across the street from the main entrance.
The sanctuary of Maria Santissima della Rotonda ('a Ritonna in Albano dialect), formerly known as Santa Maria Maggiore, [1] is an important Marian sanctuary in Lazio, located in the city of Albano Laziale, in the province of Rome, in the Roman Castles area.
It was commissioned by Pope Julius III, in completion of a vow relative to his escape following the Sack of Rome, 1527.The small church on the Via Flaminia, scarcely more than a chapel, was designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola [2] in 1552 and completed the following year, while Vignola was also employed by Julius nearby at the Villa Giulia.
The Basilica of Saint Praxedes (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Praxedis, Italian: Basilica di Santa Prassede all’Esquillino), commonly known in Italian as Santa Prassede, is an early medieval titular church and minor basilica located near the papal basilica of Saint Mary Major, on Via di Santa Prassede, rione Monti in Rome, Italy.