ROME - POCKET HANDKERCHIEF

Founded, according to tradition, on April 21, 753 BC, during its three millennia of history it was the first great metropolis of humanity, the heart of one of the most important ancient civilizations, which influenced society, culture, language, literature, art, architecture, philosophy, religion, law and customs of the following centuries.

Place of origin of the Latin language, it was the capital of the Roman Empire, which extended its supremacy over the whole Mediterranean basin and a large part of Europe, of the Papal State, subjected to the temporal power of the Popes, and of the Kingdom of Italy ( from 1871 to 1946).