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Rome has also been called in ancient times simply "Urbs" (central city), [23] from urbs roma, or identified with its ancient Roman initialism of SPQR, the symbol of Rome's constituted republican government. Furthermore, Rome has been called Urbs Aeterna (The Eternal City), Caput Mundi (The Capital of the world), Throne of St. Peter and Roma ...
Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (Italian: città metropolitana di Roma Capitale) is an area of local government at the level of metropolitan city in the Lazio region of Italy. It comprises the territory of the city of Rome and 120 other comuni (sg.: comune) in the hinterland of the city. With more than 4.3 million inhabitants, it is the ...
Roma Caput Mundi is a Latin phrase taken to mean "Rome capital of the world" and "Roma capitale del mondo" in Italian (literally: "head of the world"). [6] It originates out of a classical European understanding of the known world: Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia.
As building space within the city became more valuable, the drain was gradually built over. [citation needed] By the time of the late Roman Republic this sewer became the city's main storm drain. [14] It developed into a system 1,600 meters long. [15] By the second century BC, it had a 101 meter long canal which was covered up and expanded into ...
The historic district of Rome was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1980. [1] It covers 19,91 km² and is included in 22 rioni with 186.802 inhabitants. [2] There are 25.000 important archaeological sites and locations. [3]
Ostia Antica archaeological site, the port city of ancient Rome. With an area of 150 hectares, it is the largest archaeological park in the world. [10] Only 40% of the excavations have been completed, and more than half of the ancient city is still buried. In 2019, it received the European Heritage Label [11] Burg of Ostia Antica
Rome was once the world's main epicentres of Classical architecture, developing new forms such as the arch, the dome and the vault. The Romanesque style in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was also widely used in Roman architecture , and later the city became one of the main centres of Renaissance and Baroque architecture . [ 1 ]
Rome is the 2nd most visited city in the EU, after Paris, and receives an average of 7–10 million tourists a year, which sometimes doubles on holy years. The Colosseum (4 million tourists) and the Vatican Museums (4.2 million tourists) are the 39th and 37th (respectively) most visited places in the world, according to a 2009 study. [1]