Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura World Heritage Site

Official name

Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura | UNESCO

Country

Vatican City | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

Province of Roma, Lazio region (IT) / Vatican City State (VA)
41.8902° Lat, 12.4923° Lon | Map

Code

91

Time Zone

Europe/Vatican (CET, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1980. Founded, according to legend, by Romulus and Remus in 753 BC, Rome was first the centre of the Roman Republic, then of the Roman Empire, and it became the capital of the Christian world in the 4th century. The World Heritage site, extended in 1990 to the walls of Urban VIII, includes some of the major monuments of antiquity such as the Forums, the Mausoleum of Augustus, the Mausoleum of Hadrian, the Pantheon, Trajan’s Column and the Column of Marcus Aurelius, as well as the religious and public buildings of papal Rome.