ROME, ITALY

ROME, ITALY images from my brother's picture gallery. ROME is the capital of Italy and of its Latium region. It is located across the confluence of the Tiber and Aniene rivers. The Vatican City, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church and the home of the Pope. It was once the capital of the Roman Empire, the most powerful, largest, and longest lasting empire of classical antiquity. Rome is the largest city and commune in Italy and it is also one of the largest among European capital cities, with an area of 1,290 square kilometers. The commune territory extends up to the Tyrrhenian Sea, with the district of Ostia, on the south-west, located on the shore. Within the city limits, the population is 2,669,873 (2005); almost 3.5 million live in the general area of Rome