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Year, four million tourists in the Vatican Museums

Almost all buildings in the city of Rome, Italy, a high historical value. Not surprisingly, the city became one of the most popular tourist destinations of the world’s citizens.

Understandably, if you read the history, the city of Rome from around 753 BC. In the city of the Roman Empire stood. The territory that covers nearly the entire continent of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. As a former Roman Empire, Rome has many historical buildings and archaeological sites are very attractive for tourists.

According to UNESCO, 60 percent of the ancient relics found in Italy. And in Italy, especially Rome.

Throughout the corners of the city of Rome was different from when I was in other cities. The historic buildings not very well kept.

Several provisions to protect historic buildings with a very tight, for example, there are rules prohibiting arbitrary painting historic buildings. If painted, the paint must have a special certificate. “Not every painting. Punishment could thousands of euros,” said Paolo Larocci, one of the employees in the office of Roman rule.

Other rules also apply very strict is the protection of historical objects found minor. For example, a proposed widening of the road. For his sake, did the excavation. It was found in the excavation objects believed to contain a high historical value. Proposed widening of the road could be stopped simply because in some chipped artefacts. “This shows how the government here really appreciate the historical heritage,” said Jenny, a local staff of the Embassy of Italy, who was 30 years of living in Rome.

That is different from Saudi Arabia. There, one by one easily historic buildings torn down to build luxury hotels.

Government of Italy, especially city government of Rome, apparently realized how historic buildings that have a strong magnet to attract tourists. With that power, Italy is a major tourist destination and the number five producer of revenue in the tourism sector, the fourth highest in the world after France, Spain and the United States.

For example, in 2008 the number of tourists coming to Italy 73.74 million people. That number was increased compared with the previous year (70.5 million). With the number of visits, the tourism sector has contributed EUR 42.7 billion (approximately U.S. $ 405.6 billion) for the gross national product (GNP) of Italy.

Unfortunately, these days the convenience of tourists visiting Rome, a little worried about the most frequent offenses. But beware of street crimes such as pickpocketing and theft. “If you get to the stations himself to many people, be careful of the purse or bag containing the valuables,” the message to several local people. All too often have heard the report or hear a story that became victims of street crime. “Here is a pencopetnya even a child. Worse, there are extortionists posing as police,”

Most perpetrators of street crimes in Rome are immigrants. The problem was that later became a serious concern PM, Silvio Berlusconi. So, took the harsh policies against immigrants. The government considers the migrants as the party most responsible for crimes in the community. Therefore, the movement of immigrants (mainly from Africa and Asia) should be limited. If necessary, discontinued.

That is a problem in Italy. However, problems such as lack of effect on the level of enthusiasm Pizza tourists to visit the country.

In fact there are many very attractive place to visit in Rome. One who becomes the belle of the Basilica of San Pietro (St. Peter’s Basilica). The building was on the hill facing the river Tiber, the Vatican, and surrounded the city of Rome. With its location at the Vatican.

Plural is known that the Vatican is its own country with an area of 44 hectares and a population of 800 people. Therefore, the Vatican is the smallest sovereign country in the world.

Basilica or large church was built the first Roman emperor, Constantine, on the tomb of St. Peter (San Pedro), chief Apostle (the leader of the 12 apostles of Jesus), who died in AD 64.

After experiencing the reconstruction and expansion in the 15th century, the Basilica of the largest Catholic church and the largest in the world and is able to accommodate at least 60 thousand faithful.

If you’ve seen the movie Angels and Demons, starring Tom Hanks, one of the shots was the location of the Basilica. Too often the content of the building published Basilica. What is clear, if you were there, we will witness the greatest architectural masterpiece of its time, it can be difficult to compare in the current era. There are also statues of Michelangelo’s masterpiece is famous.

Place the most crowded of visitors and was solemn when he was there, the cemetery was the location of various apostles, as the tomb of St. Peter. Its location at the bottom of the earth. In its place is as busy visiting the tomb of Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005. Instead of a large number of visitors who prayed fervently. In fact I’m going to take a picture instead. But only points his camera, I was approached by two officers. Apparently, the site visitors are strictly forbidden to take photographs.

In addition to the Basilica, spiritual travel in Rome, which suck the attention of visitors is the museum of the Vatican. These showed a variety of valuable work has been collected since the Roman Catholic Church for centuries. There are 53 galleries in the exhibition. The museum was founded Pope Julius II in the 16th century. From the data, in 2007 the museum was visited by 4,310,083 people.