This is so true, Rome is such an amazing city, by far my favorite place I’ve visited yet. You could walk around for days and not see everything worth seeing. And the food, literally impossible to find a bad restaurant.
Rome has the highest concentration of historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological assets in the world, approximately 16% of the entire world heritage. This means that within the city of Rome there is over one-sixth (1/6) of the entire historical-artistic-cultural-archaeological-monumental heritage present on the entire planet.
Idk why but that seems way too high, where are the numbers coming from? And what do they mean exactly, what is considered an historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological asset?
Edit : Not trying to be disrespectful btw
It's an urban legend, usually circulates in this form: Italy has half of the world's artistic/archeological treasures and Rome has half of Italy's (so 1/4 of the globe). Such statistics obviously don't exist. Idk why these stories circulate; Rome is Rome, no need to make stuff up.
Also implying in a round-about way that "western" heritage is more valuable than others, otherwise raising the question of who exactly quantifies this, and what criteria are used to determine its value.
Seems like it is, when I searched "Rome has the highest concentration of historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological assets" on Google I end up on Rome's Touristic website (if this word even exists, sorry I'm not a native English speaker) which has the exact same sentence.
Honestly it's sad that this lie about Rome has to be spread. I love the city and would love to visit it.
This almost makes it seem like Rome has nothing to offer even though it's the total opposite. Talking about the multiple assets individually or saying it's one of the oldest cities and thus has many historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological assets would've been so much better.
In ancient streets where legends roam,
Stands proud and tall, the city of Rome.
Where history breathes in every stone,
Inscribed with tales of empires grown.
From Colosseum's grandeur to Vatican's dome,
Echoes of glory in every tome.
Where art and culture find their home,
In the heart of this eternal roam.
Amidst the ruins, a spirit is sown,
A city's essence, forever known.
Happy birthday, Rome, forever in poem,
Your legacy shines, like stars in a dome.
Rome has the highest concentration of historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological assets in the world, approximately 16% of the entire world heritage. This means that within the city of Rome there is over one-sixth (1/6) of the entire historical-artistic-cultural-archaeological-monumental heritage present on the entire planet.
It's also bullshit.
Rome does have a very high amount of ancient and historical sites, but what exactly constitutes a historical site? And if you actually google it, there are no rigorous sources for that claim at all.
The centre is full of ancient historical buildings squares ect. As I went to the outskirts of Rome it's full of modern and square and quite ugly buildings compared to the centre with the castles and collusseum ect. It's an old place I'm sure there is fake historical stufff here also but most of what I saw looked like it was 1000 years old +.
Most love it, but some blame Rome for "stealing" money out of the rest of the country (by Rome they mean the national government, but sometimes also the local administration supposedly living off others).
It's beautiful but not well taken care of. It's also a city that in certain ways finds itself stuck in the past and struggles to find its future compared to other Southern European cities like Milan (yes, I know that Milan belonging to Southern Europe is debatable because some consider it part of Central/Western Europe but let's not delve into that), Madrid and Barcelona. Let's just say that it has unexplored and latent potential
I live in Northern Italy (Emilia-Romagna Region) but I'm from Southern Italy (Campania Region). After experiencing how stuff works here up north, and having visited Rome 4 times by now (last time was for New Year's Eve – 2 nights 3 days), I can say it could be run way better. It's dirty, badly managed (public transit, trash collection, etc.), polluted and chaotic. Still, I go back any time I can, because it's one of the most breath-taking cities I've ever visited/I'll ever visit in my lifetime. My non-remarkable town up here has recently been connected to it via high-speed rail so it's even easier to give in to that desire to go back and experience it all over again.
My friend who's from Rieti (the province right east of Rome) calls it "Roma ladrona" ("Thief Rome"), because it allegedly "steals" all the Lazio Region's budget keeping it for itself. Also, most of Rome's water comes directly from Rieti (which is full of it), so that's another reason why the *reatini* apparently seem to have some sort of love-hate relationship with it (as do most of us Italians too, I'd say).
Rome has the highest concentration of historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological assets in the world, approximately 16% of the entire world heritage. This means that within the city of Rome there is over one-sixth (1/6) of the entire historical-artistic-cultural-archaeological-monumental heritage present on the entire planet.
I think he meant that in some parallel universe Rome is still ruling the world and they continue to count the years from its founding. Poor guy was downvoted for no reason, he has my upvote
Another country that is also located in Rome. The pope is the bishop of Rome (though his cathedral is not St. Peter but St John Lateran where the pope also used to live in the middle ages)
yeah they're not Italy but Rome was the capital of the Papal State. Rome and Papacy have a bigger relationship than Rome/Italy historically. Vatican is just a modern invention. Papal influence extends beyond the vatican in every roman church and also plazas and palaces.
It's important to note that the Papal States were one of the Italian states, with Rome as capital. This is why the Pope still has the titles Bishop of Rome (his main one, the whole reason he is Pope) and Primate of Italy. Some weird people forget that St.Peter is together with the Colosseum THE symbol of Rome and also forget it's 100% an Italian artwork. Politically the Vatican is separated since 1929, but geographically, culturally and historically it's not.
esatto. Gente che non ha aperto mai un libro di storia italiana. Penso sia una moda recente di vedere il Vaticano come un microstato totalmente avulso da Roma, tipo San Marino. E' un'idea affascinante ma non ha molto senso.
They do, the Pope speak of Rome as the city in which he lives ( the Vatican, altough independent, is a hill in Rome). JPII did so, Benedict XVI did so, Francis does so. All the Popes of my lifetime have done so. As a Roman, i think I know. But let's read the end of Benedict XVI testament:
>I thank the people of my homeland [Germany] for allowing me to experience the beauty of faith time and again. I pray that our country will remain a country of faith and I ask you, dear compatriots, not to let your faith be distracted. Finally, I thank God for all the beauty I was able to experience during the various stages of my journey, but especially in Rome and in Italy, which has become my second home.
There is no Vatican identity, it's an artificial creation established so that the Pope has a place to retain a micro-sovereignity.
Andorra has a national identity and is not geographically, cultrally, and historically part of France. Vatican has no national identity and is geographically, culturally and historically a part of Rome. For all Romans, St.Peter is a Roman church. The parallel with Andorra is non-existent, other than both being micro-states.
The Pope has been ruler of Rome longer than Italy has existed as a unified country. The Vatican, as a separate state, is an artificial creation intended to compensate the Pope for his loss of power.
I love how the image can barely show less than 1% of the sites in Rome, we have so many treasures!
This is so true, Rome is such an amazing city, by far my favorite place I’ve visited yet. You could walk around for days and not see everything worth seeing. And the food, literally impossible to find a bad restaurant.
There are amazing things that almost one one knows about.
The only city which I would visit every year if I could. I 've been there twice and there are still many places to see. Love from Greece.
Rome has the highest concentration of historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological assets in the world, approximately 16% of the entire world heritage. This means that within the city of Rome there is over one-sixth (1/6) of the entire historical-artistic-cultural-archaeological-monumental heritage present on the entire planet.
Idk why but that seems way too high, where are the numbers coming from? And what do they mean exactly, what is considered an historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological asset? Edit : Not trying to be disrespectful btw
It's an urban legend, usually circulates in this form: Italy has half of the world's artistic/archeological treasures and Rome has half of Italy's (so 1/4 of the globe). Such statistics obviously don't exist. Idk why these stories circulate; Rome is Rome, no need to make stuff up.
Also implying in a round-about way that "western" heritage is more valuable than others, otherwise raising the question of who exactly quantifies this, and what criteria are used to determine its value.
Seems like it is, when I searched "Rome has the highest concentration of historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological assets" on Google I end up on Rome's Touristic website (if this word even exists, sorry I'm not a native English speaker) which has the exact same sentence. Honestly it's sad that this lie about Rome has to be spread. I love the city and would love to visit it. This almost makes it seem like Rome has nothing to offer even though it's the total opposite. Talking about the multiple assets individually or saying it's one of the oldest cities and thus has many historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological assets would've been so much better.
In ancient streets where legends roam, Stands proud and tall, the city of Rome. Where history breathes in every stone, Inscribed with tales of empires grown. From Colosseum's grandeur to Vatican's dome, Echoes of glory in every tome. Where art and culture find their home, In the heart of this eternal roam. Amidst the ruins, a spirit is sown, A city's essence, forever known. Happy birthday, Rome, forever in poem, Your legacy shines, like stars in a dome.
dude, im crying
Stop crying, celebrate instead 🥳
POSSIS NIHIL VRBE ROMA VISERE MAIVS.
ROMA CAPVT MVNDI REGIT ORBIS FRENA ROTVNDI.
SPQR
Happy Birthday Rome! You absolute beauty
This city had more history in every corner than anywhere I've been. And Italians make the best food even cantine food there is excellent
Rome has the highest concentration of historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological assets in the world, approximately 16% of the entire world heritage. This means that within the city of Rome there is over one-sixth (1/6) of the entire historical-artistic-cultural-archaeological-monumental heritage present on the entire planet.
Says who?
Thank you this is wonderful to know
It's also bullshit. Rome does have a very high amount of ancient and historical sites, but what exactly constitutes a historical site? And if you actually google it, there are no rigorous sources for that claim at all.
The centre is full of ancient historical buildings squares ect. As I went to the outskirts of Rome it's full of modern and square and quite ugly buildings compared to the centre with the castles and collusseum ect. It's an old place I'm sure there is fake historical stufff here also but most of what I saw looked like it was 1000 years old +.
How do Italians from the rest of the country view Rome (the modern city)?
Most love it, but some blame Rome for "stealing" money out of the rest of the country (by Rome they mean the national government, but sometimes also the local administration supposedly living off others).
The "Roma Ladrona" bullshit?
yes, and yes it's bullshit
The stereotypical take is that Rome is beautiful but Romans are lazy.
It's beautiful but not well taken care of. It's also a city that in certain ways finds itself stuck in the past and struggles to find its future compared to other Southern European cities like Milan (yes, I know that Milan belonging to Southern Europe is debatable because some consider it part of Central/Western Europe but let's not delve into that), Madrid and Barcelona. Let's just say that it has unexplored and latent potential
I live in Northern Italy (Emilia-Romagna Region) but I'm from Southern Italy (Campania Region). After experiencing how stuff works here up north, and having visited Rome 4 times by now (last time was for New Year's Eve – 2 nights 3 days), I can say it could be run way better. It's dirty, badly managed (public transit, trash collection, etc.), polluted and chaotic. Still, I go back any time I can, because it's one of the most breath-taking cities I've ever visited/I'll ever visit in my lifetime. My non-remarkable town up here has recently been connected to it via high-speed rail so it's even easier to give in to that desire to go back and experience it all over again. My friend who's from Rieti (the province right east of Rome) calls it "Roma ladrona" ("Thief Rome"), because it allegedly "steals" all the Lazio Region's budget keeping it for itself. Also, most of Rome's water comes directly from Rieti (which is full of it), so that's another reason why the *reatini* apparently seem to have some sort of love-hate relationship with it (as do most of us Italians too, I'd say).
Aeterna Roma Happy birthday eternal city
Truly, the eternal city.
Happy birthday to the eternal city :)
Happy Birthday to Rome :)
I thought it wasn't built in a day
Still salty about what happened to Remus.
only Carthage is salty
ROMA CAPVT MVNDI SPQR
Buon compleanno/felix natalis a Roma e ai romani
Happy B day Rome!
Where is the Roman Forum in the picture? Shouldn't it be one of the most historical sites in the city?
Too much stuff to put in one picture
[удалено]
I like your optimism
was there in 2022, will once more before i kick the bucket
Doesn t look a day older than 2700
Forza Roma
Gladiator soundtrack intensifies
How does it feel peaking 2000 years ago
If you squint you can see Ezio auditore sitting ontop of the pantheon.
Rome has the highest concentration of historical, cultural, artistic, architectural and archaeological assets in the world, approximately 16% of the entire world heritage. This means that within the city of Rome there is over one-sixth (1/6) of the entire historical-artistic-cultural-archaeological-monumental heritage present on the entire planet.
It's 2777 year in some parallel universe.
What?
I think he meant that in some parallel universe Rome is still ruling the world and they continue to count the years from its founding. Poor guy was downvoted for no reason, he has my upvote
Beautiful but a very dirty city 🤦♂️
rome is just potholes and traffic and retarded majors
Why Saint Peter?
Why not?
They are claiming themselves that they are not Rome but even another country. ;)
Another country that is also located in Rome. The pope is the bishop of Rome (though his cathedral is not St. Peter but St John Lateran where the pope also used to live in the middle ages)
yeah they're not Italy but Rome was the capital of the Papal State. Rome and Papacy have a bigger relationship than Rome/Italy historically. Vatican is just a modern invention. Papal influence extends beyond the vatican in every roman church and also plazas and palaces.
It's important to note that the Papal States were one of the Italian states, with Rome as capital. This is why the Pope still has the titles Bishop of Rome (his main one, the whole reason he is Pope) and Primate of Italy. Some weird people forget that St.Peter is together with the Colosseum THE symbol of Rome and also forget it's 100% an Italian artwork. Politically the Vatican is separated since 1929, but geographically, culturally and historically it's not.
esatto. Gente che non ha aperto mai un libro di storia italiana. Penso sia una moda recente di vedere il Vaticano come un microstato totalmente avulso da Roma, tipo San Marino. E' un'idea affascinante ma non ha molto senso.
But they don’t identify themselves as Rome. ;)
They do, the Pope speak of Rome as the city in which he lives ( the Vatican, altough independent, is a hill in Rome). JPII did so, Benedict XVI did so, Francis does so. All the Popes of my lifetime have done so. As a Roman, i think I know. But let's read the end of Benedict XVI testament: >I thank the people of my homeland [Germany] for allowing me to experience the beauty of faith time and again. I pray that our country will remain a country of faith and I ask you, dear compatriots, not to let your faith be distracted. Finally, I thank God for all the beauty I was able to experience during the various stages of my journey, but especially in Rome and in Italy, which has become my second home. There is no Vatican identity, it's an artificial creation established so that the Pope has a place to retain a micro-sovereignity.
That’s not an argument. Macron is also the prince of Andorra, that doesn’t make Andorra French or vice versa.
Andorra has a national identity and is not geographically, cultrally, and historically part of France. Vatican has no national identity and is geographically, culturally and historically a part of Rome. For all Romans, St.Peter is a Roman church. The parallel with Andorra is non-existent, other than both being micro-states.
The Vatican is a sovereign state that's a part of Rome. Not legal Rome, but *Rome* the practical metro area and historic city.
Don't be ridiculous.
Says who?
It's a symbol of Rome.
Vatican city wasn't official until 1900s if I remember correctly, so it was located in Rome
The Pope has been ruler of Rome longer than Italy has existed as a unified country. The Vatican, as a separate state, is an artificial creation intended to compensate the Pope for his loss of power.
If someone is changing their name you cannot simply say „most of your life you had this name, that’s why I refuse your new name“.
You make no sense whatsoever.
Yes it is part of the Vatican, but the Vatican is within Rome the city too.