{"id":14285,"date":"2018-04-20T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14285"},"modified":"2018-04-15T07:05:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T11:05:28","slug":"r-is-for-rome-2018-atoz-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14285","title":{"rendered":"R is for Rome ~ 2018 #AtoZ Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rome\"<\/p>\n

R is for Rome<\/h1>\n

2018 #AtoZ Challenge<\/h1>\n

We’re globetrotting again. This time we’re headed back to Europe and the boot-shaped country, Italy. Our destination is Rome, the capital city.<\/p>\n

This ancient city has been around for the better part of 3000 years, being founded in April, 753 BC. That’s old.<\/p>\n

Clockwise from top:<\/b> the Colosseum<\/a>, St. Peter’s Basilica<\/a>, Castel Sant’Angelo<\/a>, Ponte Sant’Angelo<\/a>, Trevi Fountain<\/a> and the Pantheon<\/a><\/div>\n
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By AlexTref871, Jebulon, Diliff, Keith Yahl, Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, Jebulon [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rome is also home to the Vatican. Below is St Peter’s Square, where earlier this year a snowball fight took place for the first time during a rare snowfall.<\/p>\n

\"R
By Johann Kleindl (Klettermaxe) [GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.5-2.0-1.0)], from Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>The historic centre of Rome has been been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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