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=== Rome ===
{{main|Tourism in Rome|List of tourist attractions in Rome}}
{{further|Rome}}
{{wide image|Colosseum-panoramic.view.jpg|800px|align-cap=center|The [[Colosseum]] and the [[Arch of Constantine]]}}
[[File:Musei Capitolini 20150812.jpg|thumb|[[Piazza del Campidoglio|Palazzo Senatorio]], seat of the municipality of [[Rome]]. It has been a [[town hall]] since AD 1144, making it the oldest town hall in the world.<ref>{{cite book|first=Fabrizio|last=Falconi|year=2015|title=Roma segreta e misteriosa|publisher=[[Newton Compton Editori]]|isbn=9788854188075 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rgrkCgAAQBAJ| access-date=19 August 2019|language=it}}</ref>]]

[[Rome]] is the [[capital city]] of [[Italy]].  It is also the capital of the [[Lazio]] [[Regions of Italy|region]], the centre of the [[Metropolitan City of Rome]], and a special ''[[comune]]'' named ''Comune di Roma Capitale''. Rome is the country's most populated ''comune'' and the [[List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits|third most populous city]] in the [[European Union]] by population within city limits. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the [[Italian Peninsula]], within Lazio ([[Latium]]), along the shores of the [[Tiber]]. [[Vatican City]] (the smallest country in the world)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-smallest-country-in-the-world |title=What is the smallest country in the world? |work=History.com |access-date=27 September 2018 |language=en |archive-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927125308/https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-smallest-country-in-the-world |url-status=live}}</ref> is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city; for this reason, Rome has sometimes been described as the capital of two states.<ref>{{cite web |title=Discorsi del Presidente Ciampi |url=http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/ex-presidenti/Ciampi/dinamico/discorso.asp?id=21495 |publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica |access-date=17 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053829/http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/ex-presidenti/Ciampi/dinamico/discorso.asp?id=21495 |archive-date=21 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Le istituzioni salutano Benedetto XVI |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2005/d/sezioni/esteri/nuovopapa/reazitalia/reazitalia.html |newspaper=La Repubblica |access-date=17 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302053332/http://www.repubblica.it/2005/d/sezioni/esteri/nuovopapa/reazitalia/reazitalia.html |archive-date=2 March 2013}}</ref>

Rome is often referred to as the [[City of Seven Hills]] due to its geographic location, and also as the "Eternal City".<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Is Rome Called The Eternal City? |url=https://www.rometales.com/rome-eternal-city.html |url-status=usurped |date=27 September 2021 |access-date=16 September 2021 |archive-date=16 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916125622/https://www.rometales.com/rome-eternal-city.html }}</ref> Rome is generally considered to be the "cradle of Western [[Christian culture]] and [[Christian Civilization|civilization]]", and the centre of the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Understanding China Today: An Exploration of Politics, Economics, Society, and International Relations |first=Silvio |last=Beretta |year=2017 |isbn=9783319296258 |page=320 |publisher=Springer }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=	Christianity: Religions of the World |first=Ann Marie |last=B. Bahr |year=2009 |isbn=9781438106397 |page=139 |publisher=Infobase Publishing }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Rome in America: Transnational Catholic Ideology from the Risorgimento to Fascism |first=Peter |last=R. D'Agostino |year=2005 |isbn=9780807863411 |publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press }}</ref> [[History of Rome|Rome's history]] spans 28 centuries. While [[Roman mythology]] dates the [[founding of Rome]] at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it a major human settlement for almost three millennia and one of the [[List of oldest continuously inhabited cities|oldest continuously occupied cities]] in Europe.<ref name="Heiken, G. 2005">Heiken, G., Funiciello, R. and De Rita, D. (2005), ''The Seven Hills of Rome: A Geological Tour of the Eternal City''. Princeton University Press.</ref> The city's early population originated from a mix of [[Latins (Italic tribe)|Latins]], [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscans]], and [[Sabines]]. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the [[Roman Kingdom]], the [[Roman Republic]] and the [[Roman Empire]], and is regarded by many as the first-ever Imperial city and [[metropolis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historytoday.com/mary-harlow/old-age-ancient-rome |title=Old Age in Ancient Rome – History Today |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210546/https://www.historytoday.com/mary-harlow/old-age-ancient-rome |archive-date=12 June 2018}}</ref> It was first called ''The Eternal City'' ({{langx|la|Urbs Aeterna}}; {{langx|it|La Città Eterna}}) by the Roman poet [[Tibullus]] in the 1st century BC, and the expression was also taken up by [[Ovid]], [[Virgil]], and [[Livy]].<ref>Stephanie Malia Hom, "Consuming the View: Tourism, Rome, and the Topos of the Eternal City", ''Annali d'Igtalianistica'' '''28''':91–116 {{JSTOR|24016389}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Andres Perez |first=Javier |title=Approximación a la Iconografía de Roma Aeterna |url=http://www.elfuturodelpasado.com/elfuturodelpasado/Ultimo_numero_files/023.pdf |publisher=El Futuro del Pasado |access-date=28 May 2014 |pages=349–363 |year=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235403/http://www.elfuturodelpasado.com/elfuturodelpasado/Ultimo_numero_files/023.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> Rome is also called "[[Caput Mundi]]" (Capital of the World).

Rome has become increasingly popular as a tourist destination globally. 45.6% from 2006 (6.03 million), Rome hosted 8.78 million international tourists in 2014, placing itself as the 14th most visited city in the world.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/28/travel/most-visited-cities-euromonitor-2016/index.html|title=World's 25 top tourism destinations|first=Barry |last=Neild|website=CNN|access-date=2016-12-14|date=2016-01-28}}</ref> Popular tourists attractions in the city include the [[Colosseum]], [[St Peter's Basilica]], the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]] and so on, all of which are part of the World Heritage property.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/91|title=Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura|last=Centre|first=UNESCO World Heritage|website=whc.unesco.org|language=en|access-date=2016-12-14}}</ref> Other main sights in the city include, the [[Trevi Fountain]], [[Piazza Navona]], [[Roman Forum]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rome.info/sights/|title=Rome.info > Rome Sights and attractions|access-date=9 June 2015}}</ref> [[Castel Sant'Angelo]], the [[Basilica of St. John Lateran]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webromehotels.com/tourist-attractions-rome.html|title=Italy 10 Top Chat Tourist Attractions Chattain Rome|website=webromehotels.com|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-date=2 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402035643/http://www.webromehotels.com/tourist-attractions-rome.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Spanish Steps]], [[Villa Borghese]] park, [[Piazza del Popolo]], the [[Trastevere]] and the [[Janiculum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rome.world-guides.com/attractions.html|title=Rome Tourist Attractions and Sightseeing|access-date=9 June 2015}}</ref>