Far more threatening are events in Lazio, the region around Rome, which has seen a string of rapes.
Officials say the proceeds will fund increased security and restoration work around Rome.
On September 24th Renata Polverini, the governor of Lazio, the region around Rome, resigned because of a scandal which, by Italian standards, was almost routine.
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By contrast, the divisions around Rome and Milan cover areas much larger than those cities, meaning that the ratio of GDP to population is not nearly as inflated.
Another factor that needs considering is the level of lightning activity in early February in the region around Rome - something the UK's Met Office is able to monitor and record with the help of a system of sensors dotted around Europe.
Cardinal O'Brien's resignation meant he did not travel to Rome as his counterparts from around the world gathered in Rome on Monday to begin the process of electing the next Pope.
At a conference in Tubingen this week the teams will show off CyberWalk and the CityEngine being used to let people stroll around ancient Pompeii and Rome.
"That really brought us back into the commercial aspect of hanging out around the Trevi Fountain in Rome, " says Rachel.
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At that point, a transition period will begin, as around 115 cardinals gather in Rome to pick a successor in a secretive election known as a conclave.
The existing rules are set to allow time for cardinals from around the world to travel to Rome for the conclave after the papacy becomes vacant.
That measure aimed to give cardinals around the world time to arrive in Rome after the death of a pope.
Cardinals from around the globe have been summoned to Rome to take part in the process of choosing the next pontiff, after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI last week.
Latin American cardinals, for instance, may unite around the feeling that they are underrepresented in Rome, but still disagree about many other issues.
"This is the first step in the creation of a virtual time machine, which our children and grandchildren will use to study the history of Rome and many other great cities around the world, " he said.
More than 200 Catholic Bishops from around the world are due to arrive in Rome shortly for a three-week conference on how to check the falling away from the faith of millions of European Catholics and how to inspire a new evangelisation.
The mess also has made bishops and other church leaders around the world less inclined to take their cues from Rome, or to share anything sensitive with Vatican officials, for fear they'll be reading about it in tomorrow's paper.
The Rome catacombs then fell victim to pillaging by Germanic invaders around the early 9th Century.
The U.S. embassy in Rome sent staff home early, while Spain threw cordons around the U.S. and Israeli embassies and the Palestinian representation.
It held the relics of St Ursula, a virgin killed by Huns people around the 4th or 5th century while returning from a pilgrimage to Rome.
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Rome (CNN) -- Thousands of Catholics waving flags from around the world packed St.
Completed only four years ago, the Banca d'Italia's provincial head-offices on Rome's Via XX Settembre have, besides lots of marble, a huge echo around its 29 tills as well.
Rome (CNN) -- Pope Francis has appointed a group of eight cardinals from around the world to look into ways of reforming the Catholic Church, the Vatican said Saturday.
Romulus did not create Rome out of nothing, he grants, but it is possible that there was a single day, around the middle of the eighth century B.
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