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753
ANTIQUITY
Rome was founded, according to tradition, by Romulus and Remus, both breastfed by a wolf, called Luperca, on April 21, 753 BC. C. Prior to the foundation of the city, and also in a contemporary way to it, Italy was inhabited by different peoples: the Latinos, who occupied the plain between the Tiber river and the Alban mountains -
1447
ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL
Beginning with the Renaissance, almost all the popes since Nicholas V (1447-1455) pursued over four hundred years a coherent architectural and urban program aimed at making the city the artistic and cultural center of the world. -
1471
THE FIGURE
It is a bronze figure, 75 centimeters high and 113 wide. According to tradition, it would be an Etruscan sculpture, although this dating has recently been questioned, showing that it dates back to the Middle Ages.
The two children were added during the Renaissance in 1471 and are probably the work of sculptor Antonio Pollaiuolo. -
1517
MODERN AGE
After the Lutheran reform (1517) and the sacking of Rome by Charles V (1527), the Council of Trent was completed, completed in 1563, which confirmed Rome as the capital of the Pontifical State, although from that moment the figure of the Pope diminished his influences on European politics. -
MEDDLE AGES
After the fall of the Western Empire, which marked the beginning of the Middle Ages, Rome slowly fell under the political control of the Papacy, and in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. -
CAPITAL OF ITALY
In 1871, Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, which, in 1946, became the Italian Republic. -
WAR
In 1940 Italy entered World War II; Rome, scene of attacks and massacres like the one that happened on the Rasella road and in the Ardeatine graves, after being declared by the Germans as an open city, was released by the Allies on June 4, 1944. -
EXTRATERRITORIAL PROPERTIES
In 1980, together with the extraterritorial properties of the Holy See that are located in the city and the basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, it was included in the list of Unesco World Heritage Sites. -
SYMBOLS
Other symbols of Rome, apart from the municipal shield, are the Capitoline wolf, a bronze statue that represents the legendary wolf that nursed the two twins Romulus and Remus; the Colosseum, the largest amphitheater in the Roman Empire, recognized in 2007 as one of the seven wonders of the modern world (the only one in Europe) -
ROMA CIUTAT
As in 2019 Rome is ranked as an Alpha - global city in the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.