where is rome italy located on a map?
Rome
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 = = = Social and political structures in Italy = = = 

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 = = = Departure from Rome ; Milan and France = = = 

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 Italy had long been divided into a number of small states , with the Pope in Rome ruling the Papal States in central Italy . Following the French Revolution , a French army under Napoleon invaded Italy in 1796 , entering Rome almost unopposed on 11 February 1798 and establishing a republic there . This republic was ruled by seven consuls ; in the opera this is the office formerly held by Angelotti , whose character may be based on the real @-@ life consul Libero Angelucci . In September 1799 the French , who had protected the republic , withdrew from Rome . As they left , troops of the Kingdom of Naples occupied the city . 

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 In the Archdiocese of Milan , with around five million Catholics the largest in Europe , Mass is celebrated according to the Ambrosian Rite . Other Latin Church rites include the Mozarabic and those of some religious institutes . These liturgical rites have an antiquity of at least 200 years before 1570 , the date of Pope Pius V 's Quo primum , and were thus allowed to continue . 

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 The administration was later continued by his nephew , Charles Brooke . As an administrative capital , it became the centre of attention and development . Improvements included a sanitation system . By 1874 , the city had completed several developments , including construction of a hospital , prison , Fort Margherita , and many other buildings . 
