ROME 



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ROME 



ROME (MODERN) 



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3 Capitol ine Museum 

 Palace of the Senators 



5 Monte Tarpeo 



6 Piazza di Camptdog/io 



7 Arch of Titus 



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9 Arch of ' Constant! ne 

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Rome. Plan of the capital city of Italy, showing the principal churches and public buildings 



the way of laying bare the remains 

 of the Forum and Palatine, and 

 many other buildings, in order that 

 they may remain permanently 

 visible. The region extending on 

 both sides of the Via Appia and 

 bounded by the city walls has 

 been made into a public park, 

 under the name of the Passeg- 

 giata Archeologica (archaeological 

 park) ; but unluckily no excava- 

 tions were made on the site before 

 the park was laid out. We may 

 also note the construction of a 

 tunnel under the Quirinal bill, 

 1902. The municipal government 

 of the city of Rome is in the hands 

 of the sindaco or mayor, a town 

 council of 80 members, out of 

 which is elected a giunta or com- 

 mittee, which includes the asses- 

 sors or heads of departments. 



Rome is also the seat of govern- 

 ment of the kingdom of Italy, and 

 has a royal residence, the Quirinal 



palace. Besides this, it is also the 

 residence of the pope and his court ; 

 the Vatican, the Lateran, and the 

 papal villa at Castel Gandolfo, in 

 the Alban hills, are extra-territorial, 

 and form no part of the kingdom 

 of Italy. The population of Rome 

 has increased rapidly since 1870, 

 when it was only 226,022. This 

 is mainly due to its importance 

 as the seat of government and 

 as a city visited by tourists, for 

 it has no trade or industries. 



Besides the many buildings of 

 interest of all periods which it con- 

 tains, Rome is richer in museums 

 and picture galleries than almost 

 any city in Europe, and this de- 

 spite the fact that very many of the 

 art treasures which it still pos- 

 sessed in the 18th century have 

 since then been transported else- 

 where. The archaeological, ar- 

 tistic, and ethnographical exhi- 

 bition held in Rome in 1911 was 



of great interest, and was less 

 visited than it deserved to be. 



Bibliography. Ancient Rome in 

 the Light of Recent Discoveries, 

 1888 ; Pagan and Christian Rome, 

 1 892 ; Ruins and Excavations of 

 Ancient Rome, 1897 ; New Tales of 

 Old Rome, 1901, R. A. Lanciani; 

 The Remains of Ancient Rome, J. 

 H. Middleton, 1892 ; The City of 

 Rome, T. H. Dyer, 2nd ed. repr. 

 1893 ; Rome of To-day and Yes- 

 terday, J. Dennie, 3rd ed. 1896 ; 

 Ave Roma Immortalis, F. M. 

 Crawford, 1898 ; The Story of 

 Rome, N. Young, 1901 ; Rome 

 and its Story, W. St. C. Baddeley 

 and L. D. Gordon, 1904 ; Museums 

 and Ruins of Rome, W. Amelung 

 and H. Holtzinger, Eng. trans. 1906 ; 

 Rome, E. Hutton, 1909 ; Classical 

 Rome, H. Stuart- Jones, ' IfllO; 

 Topog. and Monuments of .Ancient 

 Rome, S. 13. Platner, 2nd od., 1911 ; 

 The Topog. of Ancient Rome, T. 

 Ashby, in Companion to Latin Stu- 

 dies, ed. J. E. Sandys, 3rd ed. 1921. 



