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Rome
City Guide
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Rome City Guide
Rome, Caput mundi ("capital of the world"), la Citt Eterna ("the Eternal City"), is thoroughly modern and cosmopolitan. The Historic Centre of Rome is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Rome is the capital of Italy and of its region, called Latium. It is located across the confluence of the Tiber and Aniene rivers. It was once the capital of the Roman Empire, the most powerful, largest and longest lasting empire of classical Western civilization.. Rome enjoys a Mediterranean climate.
Official name: Roma
Language: italian
Religin: 84% catholic- romans
Currency : euro
Rome Sights and Museums
The Colosseum or Coliseum: originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is the largest amphitheatre built in the Roman Empire. Originally capable of seating 50,000 spectators, it was used for gladiatorial combat.
Castel Sant'Angelo: Built as a mausoleum for Hadrian, it was converted into a fortress for the popes in the 6th century AD. During a wave of plague around that time, Pope Gregory the Great saw a phantom angel hovering over the building, and re-christened the fortress Sant'Angelo.
The Pantheon: The Pantheon is remarkable for its size, its construction, and its design. The dome was the largest built until modern times, measuring about 142 feet (43 m) in diameter and rising to a height of 71 feet (22 m) above its base. There is no external evidence of brick arch support inside the dome, except in the lowest part, and the exact method of construction has never been determined.
Roman forum: was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, in which commerce, business, prostitution, cult and the administration of justice took place. Here the communal hearth was located.
Trevi fountain: The fountain at the juncture of three roads (tre vie) marks the terminal point of the Aqua Virgo (in Italian: Acqua Vergine), one of the ancient aqueducts that supplied water to Rome. In 19 BCE, supposedly with the help of a virgin, Roman technicians located a source of pure water only 14 miles (22 km) from the city.
Rome Entertainment
Rome is an important centre for music. It hosts the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (founded in 1585), for which new concert halls were recently built in the new Parco della Musica, one of the largest musical venues in the world. Rome also has an opera house, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, as well as several minor musical institutions.
Rome Transports
Rome is served by two airports with most long-haul flights arriving at Fiumicino (Leonardo Da Vinci) Airport. The smaller Ciampino Airport has mainly charter flights and regional European flights including some budget airlines.
-Fiumicino (Leonardo Da Vinci) Airport is in Fiumicino, about 30 kilometres from the city centre. Because it is Rome's major airport, it has better facilities and transport connections, even though Ciampino is located much closer to the city centre. There is an express rail service (9.50) to Termini station and also a slower train (5) that goes to Ostiense and Tiburtina stations.
-A lot of European charter flights as well as some scheduled flights arrive at Ciampino Airport to the south east of the city centre. Although there is a train station near Ciampino Airport, it is generally easier to take the metro to Anagnina station and transfer to the Schiaffini bus to the airport (1). Leave plenty of time as the bus runs at half-hourly intervals, hourly during summer.
The metro of Rome comprises two lines:Line A; links the area of Tuscolana in the south-east of the city with Termini rail station, the historic centre of Rome and the area of Prati to the west. Line B; links the EUR area to the south of the city with the Basilica San Paolo, the Colosseo and the rail stations of Ostiense, Termini and Tiburtina.The metro is in service between the hours of 05,30 untill 23,30.
Within the central area of Rome there are six key interchange stations (Flaminio, Trastevere, Ostiense, Termini, Tiburtina and Tuscolana), operated by FS and Cotral and integrated with the Metro or bus and tram services. Special airport link FS non stop Termini - Fiumicino Aeroporto. Tickets can be bought directly from designated ticket offices located by platform 22 in Termini station and the entrance of the airport rail station.
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