Rome is the capital city and a special comune of Italy, as well as the capital of the Lazio region Destination Italy, a Nations Online country profile of "Bella Italia" - beautiful Italy, how many Italians love to call their country. Italy is located in southern Europe on the Apennine Peninsula.
The major destinations include the Colosseum, St. Peter's Basilica, Catacombs of Rome, Sistine Chapel, Appian Way, Florence Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, The Grand Canal in Venice, Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius and Leaning Tower of Pisa, Vatican City, Roman Forum, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona. Rome Italy has many nationally important independent universities and colleges Campus Bio- Medico University of Rome ,Guglielmo Marconi University, University of Rome Tor Vergata, The American University of Rome, Pontifical Lateran University, John Cabot University and Marconi University