Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. It is located on the Tiber and Aniene rivers, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°54′ N 12°29′ E. The Vatican City, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church and the home of the Pope.
Rome is the largest city in Italy and its municipality is one of the largest in Europe with an area of 1290 square kilometers (it could easily encircle the other nine Italian largest cities: Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Genoa, Bologna, Florence, Bari, and Catania, as well as that of four major European capital cities like Paris, Berlin, Stockholm and Brussels). It has a population of 2,546,807 (2004) with almost 4 million living in the metropolitan area. The current mayor of Rome is Walter Veltroni.
With a GDP of €75 billion (higher than New Zealand's and equivalent to Singapore's - although all three have roughly the same population of around 4 million), in the year 2001 Rome's municipality produced 6.5% of Italy's total GDP, the highest rate among all of Italy's cities.
The city's history extends nearly 2,800 years, during which time it has been the seat of
ancient Rome (the
Roman Kingdom,
Roman Republic,
Roman Empire), and later the
Papal States,
Kingdom of Italy and
Italian Republic.
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| From | To | Valid Departing Dates | Airfares From | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | London | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $939.00 |
| Chicago | Madrid | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1163.00 |
| Los Angeles | London | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1125.00 |
| Miami | Frankfurt | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1210.00 |
| San Francisco | Berlin | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1258.00 |
| Miami | Rome | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1567.00 |
| Seattle | Istanbul | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1363.00 |
| Los Angeles | Rome | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1516.00 |
| Atlanta | Athens | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1279.00 |
| Dallas | Amsterdam | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1252.00 |