Rome, Italy
Rome, the “Eternal City”, is the capital of Italy and of the Lazio (Latium) region. It’s the famed city of the Seven Hills, La Dolce Vita, Vatican City and Three Coins in the Fountain. Its Historic Center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Districts
Rome is a huge city, so all individual listings should be moved to the appropriate
district articles. Please help sort them out if you are familiar with this city.
- Aventino - Aventine Hill contains the Circus Maximus and the Baths of Caracalla
- Campo de’ Fiori
- Colosseo - the heart of ancient Rome, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the
- Forum of Augustus, the Forum and Markets of Trajan, the Capitoline and its
museums - Esquilino - South of Termini, with an indoor market and Piazza Vittorio Emanuele.
- San Giovanni - At the center of this area south of Esquilino is the Cathedral
of Rome Saint John in Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano in Italian). - EUR
- Navona
- Nomentano
- Pantheon
- Parioli
- Prati
- Quirinale
- Repubblica - also known as Esedra.
- Salario
- San Lorenzo
- San Paolo
- Spagna - the Spanish Steps, the Mausoleum of Augustus, Ara Pacis
- Testaccio
- Trastevere - across the Tiber River…the old gate.
- Trevi - the Trevi Fountain
- Via Veneto - The Via Veneto is famous for the Dolce Vita, the magnificent
- Piazza Barberini is also in this area.
- Villa Borghese
- Vaticano - the area around Vatican City
- Vatican City - the independent Papal State within the city of Rome, location
- of St Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Castel Sant’Angelo
- Lido di Ostia
Understand
Situated on the River Tiber, between the Apennine Mountains and the Tyrrhenian
Sea, the “Eternal City” was once the administrative center of the mighty Roman Empire, governing a vast region that stretched all the way from Britain to Mesopotamia. Today it remains the seat of the Italian government and home to numerous ministerial offices. The metropolitan area is home to around 3.3 million people.