Rome - Italy Welcome!!. Whose capital is it? Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest...

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Page 1: Rome - Italy Welcome!!. Whose capital is it? Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7.

Rome - ItalyRome - Italy

WelcomeWelcome!! !!

Page 2: Rome - Italy Welcome!!. Whose capital is it? Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7.

Whose capital is it?Whose capital is it?

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi)

Page 3: Rome - Italy Welcome!!. Whose capital is it? Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7.
Page 4: Rome - Italy Welcome!!. Whose capital is it? Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7.

Do you wonder what you can do or see in Do you wonder what you can do or see in this city?this city?

The ColosseumThe Colosseum The Trevi FountainThe Trevi Fountain The PantheonThe Pantheon The Gardens of the Villa BorgheseThe Gardens of the Villa Borghese

Page 5: Rome - Italy Welcome!!. Whose capital is it? Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7.

The ColosseumThe Colosseum

The Colosseum is a monument of epic proportions. Stories of gory battles between gladiators, slaves, prisoners and wild animals have emerged from this Flavian amphitheatre, which dates from AD 72.

Page 6: Rome - Italy Welcome!!. Whose capital is it? Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7.

The Trevi FountainThe Trevi Fountain

Tucked away in a tiny Tucked away in a tiny piazza and surrounded by piazza and surrounded by jostling crowds, the jostling crowds, the fountains' creamy fountains' creamy travertine gleams beneath travertine gleams beneath torrents of water and torrents of water and camera flashes. It's a camera flashes. It's a rococo extravaganza of rococo extravaganza of rearing sea horses, conch-rearing sea horses, conch-blowing Tritons and craggy blowing Tritons and craggy rocks, erupting in front of rocks, erupting in front of the Palazzo Poli.the Palazzo Poli.

Page 7: Rome - Italy Welcome!!. Whose capital is it? Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7.

The PantheonThe Pantheon

Appraise the architecture of ancient Rome with a trip to its best-preserved building: the Pantheon. Built by Hadrian around AD 119-128, it was originally a temple to the classical deities and remains a church today, holding the tombs of the united Italy's first king and the artist Raphael.

Page 8: Rome - Italy Welcome!!. Whose capital is it? Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7.

The Gardens of the Villa BorgheseThe Gardens of the Villa Borghese

Like any other capital city, Rome can be overwhelming. When the Colosseum starts to weigh down on you, find serenity in the Gardens of the Villa Borghese, the city's most central public park.

Page 9: Rome - Italy Welcome!!. Whose capital is it? Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7.

Gaius Julius CaesarGaius Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.) was the greatest man B.C.) was the greatest man of ancient Rome. Though he of ancient Rome. Though he was descended from an old was descended from an old aristocratic family, he was a aristocratic family, he was a member of the popular member of the popular party from his earliest party from his earliest youth.(100-44 B.C.) was the youth.(100-44 B.C.) was the greatest man of ancient greatest man of ancient Rome. Though he was Rome. Though he was descended from an old descended from an old aristocratic family, he was a aristocratic family, he was a member of the popular member of the popular party from his earliest party from his earliest youth.youth.