Bust in the middle of a street of Roma - Italy - Rome (Italian: Roma, Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, as well as the country's largest and most populous city, with more than 2.7 million residents. The metropolitan area has a population of about 4 million. It is located in the central-western portion of the Italian peninsula, where the river Aniene joins the Tiber. The Mayor of Rome is Walter Veltroni. An enclave of Rome is the State of the Vatican City, the sovereign territory of the Holy See. It is the smallest nation in the world, and the capital of the only religion that has representation in the United Nations (as a non-voting member state). Rome, Caput mundi (Capital of the world), la Città Eterna (The Eternal City), Limen Apostolorum (Threshold of the Apostles), la città dei sette colli (The city of the seven hills) or simply l'Urbe (The City),is thoroughly modern and cosmopolitan. As one of the few major European cities that escaped World War II relatively unscathed, central Rome remains essentially Renaissance and Baroque in character. The Historic Center of Rome is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome) - On admet que Rome est née de l'association des tribus de la région (et de la réunion des villages qui occupaient le sommet des collines) vers le VIIIe siècle av. J.-C. ; la tradition généralement admise - et reprise aussi par Varron (qui dans le De lingua latina jeta les bases de l'étude linguistique du peuple latin) - veut qu'elle ait été fondée par Romulus et Remus le 21 avril 753 av. J.-C.; d'avis contraire était Ennius lequel dans ses Annales situe la fondation en 875, tandis que Fabius Quintus (qui au IIIe siècle av. J.-C. prit part à la seconde guerre punique), se rapproche de la position de Varron la situant en 748. (Source: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_de_la_ville_de_Rome)
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