Besides being the capital of Italy, Rome is the capital of the province and the Lazio region. With its 2.800.000 inhabitants is the most populated city in Italy, is located on the banks of the Tiber and its territory is divided into villages and hamlets. In Rome there are many state institutions as well as the offices of several Italian companies and multinationals, offices, television, radio, three public universities and ten private theaters, stadiums and major sporting poles.
Vast cultural heritage of the city among the most popular monuments by tourists from around the world include the Coliseum or Anfiteatro Flavio, the Roman arena that hosted fights between gladiators, animals or naval battles, severely disfigured when, in the sixteenth century, was used as a quarry materials for the construction of other buildings in the capital, the Ara Pacis, altar built during the reign of Augustus, the Roman Forum, which includes the Tabularium, the Temple of Vespasian, the Temple of Saturn, the Portico of the Gods Allow the Comizio, Temple of Castori, Giulia Basilica and the Temple of Vesta.
The Fori Imperiali, which include several squares made by several emperors built in about a century and a half, the Circus of Maxentius, whose center was placed Obelisk of Domitian, then placed on the Bernini Fountain of the Four Rivers, the Circus Maximus, situated in the valley between the hill Palatine and the Pantheon, the temple dedicated to all the gods, the Baths of Diocletian, the Terme di Caracalla, the Arch of Titus, the Column of Trajan and that of Marcus Aurelius; between churches of Rome.
Finally, remember the seven churches (as a stopover for pilgrims who made their way in the Capital) of St. Peter's, St. Mary Major, St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. John Lateran, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, San Lorenzo Outside the Walls and St. Sebastian Outside the Walls.
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