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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.
Rome – capital of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale). Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,876,076 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), it is also the country's most populated comune. It is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits.
Milan is the economic capital of Italy, [259] and a global financial centre and fashion capital of the world. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, founded in 1472, is the world's oldest or second oldest bank in continuous operation. Eni is considered one of the world's oil and gas supermajors. [260]
Map of Italy and some of its major cities. The following is a list of Italian municipalities with a population over 50,000.The table below contains the cities populations as of 31 December 2021, [1] as estimated by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, [2] and the cities census population from the 2011 Italian Census. [3]
Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (Italian: città metropolitana di Roma Capitale) is an area of local government at the level of metropolitan city in the Lazio region of Italy. It comprises the territory of the city of Rome and 120 other comuni (sg.: comune) in the hinterland of the city. With more than 4.3 million inhabitants, it is the ...
The capital of Lazio is Rome. Lazio was the home of the Etruscan civilization , then stood at the center of the Roman Republic , of the Roman Empire , of the Papal States , of the Kingdom of Italy and of the Italian Republic .
The Capture of Rome (Italian: Presa di Roma) occurred on 20 September 1870, as forces of the Kingdom of Italy took control of the city and of the Papal States. After a plebiscite held on 2 October 1870, Rome was officially made capital of Italy on 3 February 1871, completing the unification of Italy (Risorgimento).
Whereas Rome is Italy's political and cultural capital, Milan is the country's industrial and financial heart, being the economic capital of Italy [13] and it is a global financial centre as well. Milan is considered, together with London, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich and Paris, one of the six European economic capitals. [14]