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Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma, pronounced ⓘ) is the capital city of Italy.It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, and a special comune (municipality) named Comune di Roma Capitale.
After the end of World War II and the fall of the Fascist regime Lazio and Italy saw rapid economic growth, in particular in Rome. Today, Lazio is a large center of services and international trade, industry, public services and tourism, supported by an extensive network of transport infrastructures thanks to its geographical position in the ...
The usual line taken to divide Africa from Asia today is at the Isthmus of Suez, the narrowest gap between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez, the route today followed by the Suez Canal. This makes the Sinai Peninsula geographically Asian, and Egypt a transcontinental country. Less than 2% of the Egyptian population live on the Sinai ...
Map Macroregion Italian name Regions Major city Population January 2022 Area (km 2) Population density (km 2) MEPs; Number % km 2 % Centre Centro: Lazio Marche Tuscany Umbria: Rome: 11,740,836 19.91% 58,085 km 2 (22,427 sq mi) 19.23% 202 15: North-West Nord-Ovest: Aosta Valley Liguria Lombardy Piedmont: Milan: 15,848,100 26.87% 57,928 km 2 ...
The Rome metropolitan area is a statistical area that is centred on the city of Rome, Italy. It consists of a part of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (formerly known as the Province of Rome) and a single comune, Aprilia, in the neighbouring Province of Latina. Both provinces are part of the region of Lazio. The metropolitan area does not ...
Opening ceremony of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome's Stadio Olimpico Stadio dei Marmi, a stadium in the Foro Italico sports complex. Sports in Rome. Basketball in Rome Pallacanestro Virtus Roma; Football in Rome Association football in Rome Derby della Capitale. A.S. Roma; S.S. Lazio; Rugby football in Rome Italy national rugby union team ...
Twenty sovereign countries in Southern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa regions border the sea itself, two island nations completely located in it (Malta and Cyprus), in addition to two British Overseas Territories (Gibraltar in the west and Akrotiri & Dhekelia in the east).
The most visited regions are Veneto, Tuscany, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, and Lazio. [309] Rome is the third most visited city in Europe, and 12th in the world, with 9.4 million arrivals in 2017. [310] Venice and Florence are among the world's top 100 destinations.