ROME

Rome is the capital of Italy and also of the homonymous province and of the region of Lazio. With 2.7 million residents in 1,285.3 km² (496.3 sq mi), it is also the country's largest and most populated city and fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. Rome's history spans more than two and a half thousand years, since its legendary founding in 753 BC. Rome is one of the oldest continuously occupied cities in Europe. It is referred to as "The Eternal City", a notion expressed by ancient Roman poets and writers. In the ancient world it was successively the capital city of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded as one of the birthplaces of Western civilization. Since the 1st century AD, Rome has been considered the seat of the Papacy and in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870.  Now it contains Vatican City. In 1871 Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, and in 1946 that of the Italian Republic.

The most famous Roma’s buildings are: Colosseum,  Piazza Navona, Piazza di Spagna but you can find beautiful things at each corner of the city. Its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site

                                  Rome is called

a)    The Expansive City

b)    The European City

c)    The Eternal City

d)    The  Evening 

 Vatican City is into

a)    Naples

b)    Palermo

c)    Catania

d)    Rome

 One of the most Rome’s famous place is

a)    The Arena

b)    Pitti Palace

c)    Piazza Navona

d)    Piazza Plebiscito