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1980 (4th Session) Area. 1,431 ha (3,540 acres) Rome ( Italian and Latin: Roma, pronounced [ˈroːma] ⓘ) is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, and a special comune (municipality) named Comune di Roma Capitale.
Milan is the economic capital of Italy, [261] and a global financial centre and fashion capital of the world. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, founded in 1472, is the world's oldest or second oldest bank in continuous operation. Eni is considered one of the world's oil and gas supermajors. [262]
Rome was annexed by Napoleon and was part of the First French Empire from 1798 to 1814. Modern history, the period from the 19th century to the present. Rome came under siege again after the Allied invasion of Italy and was bombed several times. It was declared an open city on 14 August 1943.
Map of Italy and its major cities. The following is a list of Italian municipalities with a population over 50,000.The table below contains the cities populations as of 31 December 2021, [1] as estimated by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, [2] and the cities census population from the 2011 Italian Census. [3]
Italy was unified by the Roman Republic in the latter part of the third century BC. For 700 years, it was a de facto territorial extension of the capital of the Roman Republic and Empire, and for a long time experienced a privileged status but was not converted into a province.
Tournai. Francia. Belgium. 431. 486. Under kings Childeric I and Clovis I, Tournai was the capital of the Frankish empire. In the year 486, Clovis moved the centre of power to Paris, as a result, the Low Countries region ceased to be the political centre of the Frankish empire. Kelmis. Neutral Moresnet.
The location of Italy. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Italy: . Italy is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe, located primarily upon the Italian Peninsula.
Economy of Italy. Milan is the economic capital of Italy, [ 1] and is a global financial centre and a fashion capital of the world. All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. The economy of Italy is a highly developed social market economy. [ 30]