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Rome

o AREA with over 2.7 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi).

• LOCATION The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.

o RIVER The Tibe

o BORDER TOWNS Albano Laziale, Anguillara Sabazia, Ardea, Campagnano di Roma, Castel Gandolfo, Castel San Pietro Romano, Ciampino, Colonna, Fiumicino, Fonte Nuova, Formello, Frascati, Gallicano nel Lazio, Grottaferrata, Guidonia Montecelio, Marino, Mentana, Monte Porzio Catone, Monte Compatri, Monterotondo, Palestrina, Poli, Pomezia, Riano, Sacrofano, San Gregorio da Sassola, Tivoli, Trevignano Romano, Zagarolo.

o POPULATION 2.7 million residents

• ETNIC GROUPS According to the latest statistics conducted by ISTAT, approximately 9.5% of the population consists of non-Italians. The bulk of immigrants are those of various other European origins (chiefly Romanians, Polish, Ukrainians, and Albanians) numbering a combined total of 131,118 or 4.7 percent of the population and almost one half of the total immigrant population. The remaining 4.8 percent are those with non-European origins chiefly Filipinos: 26,933, Bangladeshis: 12,154, Peruvians: 10,530, Chinese: 10,283, and other nationalities.

• ECONOMY

CLIMATE Rome enjoys a Mediterranean climate typical of the Mediterranean coasts of Italy. Spring and autumn are mild to warm, and the Romans ottobrate ("beautiful October days") are known as being sunny and warm. By August, the maximum diurnal temperature often exceeds 30 °C (86 °F).

o GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS Rome is in the Lazio region of central Italy on the Tiber river .The original settlement developed on hills that faced onto a ford beside the Tiber island, the only natural ford of the river in this area.

o COAT OF ARMS/SYMBOLOGY

o GASTRONOMY Massas alla Carbonara: famous spaghetti served in a sauce whose main ingredients are eggs, “guanciale”( bacon from pig’s cheek), black pepper and pecorino cheese.

o Pizza alla Romana: thin crusted, crunchy white pizza, served brushed only with olive oil and flavoured with rosemary

Art- Roman art was greatly influenced by the Etruscans until about 500 B.C.. After this period, the Roman's inherited many of their styles from

Weddings- Marriages were arranged by the father of the bride and the future husband. The boy had to be at least 14 years old and the girl, 12 years

o SIGHTSEEING

• Monuments Vatican Museums,Capitoline Museum, Colosseum, Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, the Piazza della Repubblica, the Castel Sant' Angelo, the Trevi Fountain, the dome of St. Peter's Basilica

SHOPS AND FACILITIES

• Travelling train, bus, car, airport

• Shopping sports shop, shopping centre, supermarket, florist`s

• Facilities hospital, police station, cinema, theatre, museum, restaurant, bank