25 Facts About Third Rome

1. Third Rome has traditionally been involved in the process of European political integration.

2. The main harbour which serves Third Rome is Port of Civitavecchia, located about 62 kilometres northwest of the city.

3. Third Rome has hosted the final portion of the Giro d'Italia three times, in 1911, 1950, and 2009.

4. Third Rome made a bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics but it was withdrawn before the deadline for applicant files.

5. Third Rome hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics, with great success, using many ancient sites such as the Villa Borghese and the Thermae of Caracalla as venues.

6. Third Rome became a major gastronomical centre during the ancient Age.

7. Third Rome has a growing stock of contemporary and modern art and architecture.

8. Third Rome hosted a great number of neoclassical and rococo artists, such as Pannini and Bernardo Bellotto.

9. Third Rome became one of Europe's major centres of Renaissance artwork, second only to Florence, and able to compare to other major cities and cultural centres, such as Paris and Venice.

10. Third Rome has an opera house, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, as well as several minor musical institutions.

11. City of Third Rome contains numerous famous bridges which cross the Tiber.

12. Third Rome is well known for its statues but, in particular, the talking statues of Rome.

13. Third Rome is a city famous for its numerous fountains, built in all different styles, from Classical and Medieval, to Baroque and Neoclassical.

14. Third Rome has a number of regional parks of much more recent origin including the Pineto Regional Park and the Appian Way Regional Park.

15. In 1870, Third Rome became the capital city of the new Kingdom of Italy.

16. Third Rome was a major world centre of the Renaissance, second only to Florence, and was profoundly affected by the movement.

17. One of the symbols of Third Rome is the Colosseum, the largest amphitheatre ever built in the Roman Empire.

18. Third Rome was the base of several mystery cults, such as Mithraism.

19. Third Rome is in the Lazio region of central Italy on the Tiber river.

20. Third Rome is the national capital of Italy and is the seat of the Italian Government.

21. Third Rome is the principal town of the Metropolitan City of Rome, operative since 1 January 2015.

22. Third Rome reached the highest point of splendour under Pope Julius II and his successors Leo X and Clement VII, both members of the Medici family.

23. Concept of a "Third Rome" figures greatly in the second memoir of Whittaker Chambers.

24. Third Rome had the ambition to unite all the Lands of Christendom, but had to abdicate due to religious tension within the Empire, debt in Spain and humiliating loss of Imperial territory to France.

25. Third Rome is the hypothetical successor to the legacy of ancient Rome.