It’s already my 3rd month in Italy.  We worked a lot in 3 months, participated in many activities and projects.  This month we traveled to several cities in Italy with my friend Maryam.  Our journey started from Rome.  First we went directly to Rome from Napoli.  Rome is literally perfect and quite an ancient city.  Rome is literally perfect and quite an ancient city.  We visited monuments, churches and touristic places in Rome.

Roma is the capital of Italy. Rome, the “eternal city” , is so called because it is a place of great beauty, contrast and life. 

I went first Basilica Di San Giovanni in Laterano. The Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, also called the “mother of all churches” is one of the four papal basilicas of Rome together with St.

Peter, St. Paul outside the walls and Santa Maria Maggiore and is part of a large monumental complex that includes the great obelisk, the Lateran Palace and the Sanctuary of the Scala Santa.

Than i visited Colosseum. The Colosseum is the main symbol of Rome. It is an imposing construction that, with almost 2,000 years of history. The construction of the Colosseum began in the year 72 under the empire of Vespasian and was finished in the year 80 during the rule of the emperor Titus. After completion, the Colosseum became the greatest Roman amphitheatre, measuring 188 meters in length, 156 meters in width and 57 meters in height.

 

Than i visited Altare della Patria. There was amazing. Altare della Patria is a large national monument built between 1885 and 1935 to honour Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy, in Rome, Italy.] It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. The monument was realized by Giuseppe Sacconi.
From an architectural perspective, it was conceived as a modern forum, an agora on three levels connected by stairways and dominated by a portico characterized by a colonnade. The complex process of national unity and liberation from foreign domination carried out by King Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy, to whom the monument is dedicated, has a great symbolic and representative value, being architecturally and artistically centred on the Italian unification—for this reason the Vittoriano is considered one of the national symbols of Italy.

Than i went to Vatican. Walking around the Vatican in rainy weather was very interesting and fun. I can never forget those moments.

Vatican became independent from Italy in 1929 with the Lateran Treaty, and it is a distinct territory under “full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction” of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity of international law, which maintains the city state’s temporal, diplomatic, and spiritual independence.With an area of 49 hectares (121 acres) and a 2019 population of about 453, it is the smallest state in the world both by area and population. As governed by the Holy See, Vatican City State is an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state ruled by the pope who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church. The highest state functionaries are all Catholic clergy of various national origins. After the Avignon Papacy (1309–1377) the popes have mainly resided at the Apostolic Palace within what is now Vatican City, although at times residing instead in the Quirinal Palace in Rome or elsewhere.

The Holy See dates back to Early Christianity and is the principal episcopal see of the Catholic Church, which has approximately 1.329 billion baptized Catholics in the world as of 2018 in the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. The independent state of Vatican City, on the other hand, came into existence on 11 February 1929 by the Lateran Treaty between the Holy See and Italy, which spoke of it as a new creation, not as a vestige of the much larger Papal States (756–1870), which had previously encompassed much of central Italy.

Vatican City contains religious and cultural sites such as St. Peter’s Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, and the Vatican Museums. They feature some of the world’s most famous paintings and sculptures. The unique economy of Vatican City is supported financially by donations from the faithful, by the sale of postage stamps and souvenirs, fees for admission to museums, and sales of publications. Vatican City has no taxes and items are duty-free.

I stayed in Rome for two days. I tried to visit all the places in two days. but two days were not enough. I was impressed by Rome. The streets, monuments, restaurants, shops and even the people of Rome made me love this ancient city. I think that days would be enough to visit all the streets of Rome and see all the interesting places.

After Rome we went to Bologna. The time I spent in Bologna was very valuable for me. Although Bologa is a small town, I loved it so much that I never wanted to leave Bologna.

Famous for its towers, churches and lengthy porticoes, Bologna has a well-preserved historical centre, thanks to a careful restoration and conservation policy which began at the end of the 1970s.

After a very interesting and fun vacation, we returned home and continued our activities from where we left off.