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The capital of Italy is Rome, and is also the largest city and most populous country with over 2.6 million 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 km ²). The population of the urban area was estimated by Eurostat at about 3.46 million in 2004. The metropolitan area was estimated by the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, with a population of 3.7 million in 2006. Rome is certainly a major tourist destination for travelers to vacation or at least go and see. The city of Rome is located near the center-west of the Italian peninsula, on the Tiber River in Latium in Italy. The history of Rome covers more than two and a half millennia, was the capital of the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and the United Romano, who was the first power in Western Europe and the Mediterranean countries more 700 years 1 century BC
Until the seventh century, as the second century AD in Rome is the seat of the papacy, and after the end of Byzantine rule in the 8th century, the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1970 . In 1871, when Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, in 1946, the Italian Republic. Since 1929, it is also home to the Vatican City, which is an independent city-state ruled by the Pope.
Departure after the Middle Ages, Rome was led by Pope Leo X and Pope Alexander VI, who made the only major city centers of the Italian Renaissance, with Florence. The current version of St. Peter’s Basilica and Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel done. Many architects and famous artists such as Bernini, Raphael and Bramante lived a little “in Rome, contributing to the Baroque and Renaissance.