Rome

Rome 

Rome or Romans ( in 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 River Tiber in the territory of Lazio Italian.

It extends the history of Rome to two thousand and five hundred years. The city was the capital of the Kingdom of Romania and is one of the places the birth of Western civilization and the Republic of Romania and the Romanian Empire , the dominant power in Western Europe and the lands bordering the Mediterranean for more than 700 years 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 domination of the Byzantine in the eighth century, became the capital of the Papal States , which lasted until 1870. In 1871, Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy , 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 and who have turned the city into one of the main centers of the era of Italian Renaissance along with Florence .  built St. Peter's Basilica and the current decorated Sistine Church at the hands of Michelangelo . He resided famous artists and architects such as Bramante and Bernini and Raphael for some time in Rome, and contributed to the renaissance architecture and Baroque .

Classified Rome by search global cities network and globalization in 2010 a cosmopolitan city Beta degree + ,  as well as being the city 28 in terms of global importance.  In 2007, Rome was the city's eleventh most visited in the world, and the third most visited in the European Union and more attractive cities tourist in Italy.  and one city 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 The Vatican and the Colosseum are among the 50 most tourist destination to visit in the world (receiving the Vatican Museums 4.2 million tourists and the Colosseum four million tourists a year). hosted the Rome cycle Summer Olympic Games of 1960 is currently seeking to host the Summer Olympics in 2020