ROME GEORGIA HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN - City Hall - Story of the Capitoline Statue
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The Historic City of Rome, Georgia is 70 miles northwest of Atlanta Georgia in Floyd County, with a population of over 37,000, it’s the largest city in the county and holds the county seat. romegeorgia.com/ Named after the ancient Roman city in Italy. It was founded in 1834. One of the stories told: was of two lawyers on horseback on their way to Floyd county seat, camped overnight by a creek, one of them noticed that the surrounding area resembled the ancient City, with seven Hills and three rivers that merge into each other. A long story short, they decided that it would be a perfect location for a city. After a back and forth debate of what it should be named, it was decided to name it Rome by Colonel Daniel Mitchell, that won a hat draw against four other future investors of the new city. It quickly became very prosperous in the first few decades. Even with the hardships of the Civil War when it was almost completely burned down by general Sherman of the union army. But true to its name, it rose out of its rubles even stronger. As it continued to prosper into the 20th century, in 1929 an Italian silk factory moved to town. And here is where an interesting story begins, about a bronze statue donated to the city from Rome Italy. And placed in front of the city hall. It was considered an unusual statue for some of the people of Rome Georgia. A little hard to swallow for the Romans of the new world. A 1500 pounds bronze She-Wolf statue nursing two naked babies. (Capitoline) It was considered obscene by a few, they went as far as putting diapers on the two babies during town functions at the auditorium in the city hall. But the majority of the Roman people were very proud of the gift and did not consider it unusual but a piece of art. If anyone knows the history of Ancient Rome, legend has it, the she-wolf fed the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus, the later founders of Rome. It has been the symbol of ancient Rome for thousands of years up to present time. www.romegeorgia.com/capwolf.html The plaque on the marble pedestal is in Latin and translated to English it says; This statue of the Capitoline wolf, As a forecast of prosperity and glory, has been sent from ancient Rome to new Rome, During the council-ship of Benito Mussolini in the year 1929. But in 1940 Italy declared war on the Allied forces, the Capitoline Wolf statue was taken down and stored away in the basement of city hall until 1952, when it was restored to its original place in front of city hall and is it is still today. It would be involved in an event of historic significance again on July 16, 1996 when the Olympic torch paused at the statue on its way to the centennial Olympic games in Atlanta Georgia at Stone Mountain Park. A bronze marker by local artist Tim Rush has been placed on the lawn of the city hall to commemorate this moment in time. Now, you know, the rest of the story! Rome has many monuments of well known people through history. Admiral John H. Towers Plaza is dedicated to the memory of Admiral John Henry Towers, native Roman and "the Father of Naval Aviation." Located adjacent to Rome City Hall and Auditorium, the life-size bronze statue and surroundings tells his amazing story. Rome City Hall & Auditorium, On the National Registry of Historic places the City Hall places and houses the City Auditorium, the Largest theater of its period still in daily use and hosts shows throughout the year. On the lawn to the right of the City Hall entrance is a monument dedicated to Dr. Robert Battey. A famed Rome druggist and civil War surgeon. Dr. Battey earned international recognition through innovative surgery in Europe and set a startling medical precedent by his performance of the world’s first ovariotomy in 1869. Carnegie Building, one of the Original 30 libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie in Georgia. Notice "Little Free Library" is a replica of the building to share literature. The City Clock Tower: The four-faced clock and tower are located on Tower Hill in downtown Rome. The tower was constructed in 1871 to hold the city's water supply. The clock was added in 1872. It is the official symbol of the city and sits atop one of Rome's seven hills. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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We stopped here for a visit on our way to Chattanooga TN.
Have a nice day!
Rome in USA,this is beautiful.Greetings from Aosta,Italy
Thanks and welcome.
Roma Aeternum.
Awesome history in that little city , Great share and have a great weekend my friend .
You to Robert and thanks for the comment.
John awesome video #53. Have a great weekend my friend. 💜 Hugs, Ashley 💜
Fantastic Tour of Historic Rome Georgia - thanks John !
Thanks David.
Great job showing us around Rome, GA!
That's an amazing story of that statue, really great history...that little library was cool but I hate those wasp, and seeing one fly out was just freaky lol...amazing place...
Yea, those books had Been there for a while the wasp had a nice nest too..
Wow! Such a beautiful and ancient place, very well filmed. Thank you for the information about it. You are a remarkable storyteller. Thanks for this beautiful tour through Rome Georgia!
Thank you Sorin, your comment is much appreciated.
Thank you for sharing this. I have passed the sign to exit to Rome many times but didn't realize that it had such a wonderful history.
If you like small towns this is really cool. I like people saying hello to me and really mean it :) This visit was on a Sunday mid morning and almost everything was closed and all the church parking lots were full. Last time we were here was in 2004 and it looks the same.
this is a great place
Thank you👍
Thanks for the video and the interesting story John. I served in the USMC down in Albany, Georgia and never heard about Rome before until now. I wish you had posted this posted this 33 years ago! LOL
Hahaha, guess what? It probably did not change much LOL if you go soon it will be there. We visited in 2004 and I remember it exactly the same, I guess that's what I like about old small towns :) Thanks for your great comment Chuck.
All of Georgia always looks so beautiful, never been. Strange how there's really not a lot of people walking around there in front of all the shops. Cool looking town! Tfs!
It was Sunday morning and everything around there was closed but we visited back in 2004 and it's still the same. Love the small town atmosphere. Thanks for your great comment.
I live there lol but I wish i stayed in New Jersey but eh good place I guess
What a unique town. I have heard of Rome GA but knew nothing about it. Thanks for sharing.
It's a great small town, on a Sunday morning everything is closed. I loved the small town atmosphere.
I enjoyed the story and history of this video. The comparison of pictures at the end was great too. Like #30
Thank you Johnny, appreciate the comment my friend.
Beautiful video as always, greetings from Italy!
Thank you
Great history, its nice to learn about this place. Thanks for sharing.
Loved to tour! The stone ships were really cool! The buildings were amazing! Thank you for sharing! :)
Watching and enjoying your excellent video tour of the historical downtown of Rome, Georgia again, as I make my journey through your "RV TRIPS - Sceneries and Events" playlist. Thank you for sharing my friend
Thank you Dave.
Wow. Beautiful city. Its nice to see a newer Rome in the world. Greetings,
I'm from Rome, Italy. When I found out that an American city, on the other side of the world, in such an enormous country like the US, is called Rome I was really and positively astonished!! I said "whaaat? Really?"
It is very interesting to find out such things! And it lets us understand how Europeans influenced America, even because most of Americans are sons, nephews, ecc...of us Europeans.
Woww... The statue of the wolf in an American city. Very particular.
M C Hello. I live in Rome, Georgia and I hope to visit the original in Italy someday. Feel free to come visit us too if you want.
It's the other way around look up a channel called mind unveiled
There is a Roma in Texas. .en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma,_Texas
@@sparrowpelt20xx61 woww, glad to read it, "fellow citizen" 😁. I can totally understand you, and for me it's reversed, I would really like to see what kind of roman-like city old Europeans did on the other continent.
@@carlosmante very interesting! But, while reading the whole description, I didn't read why it was called this.
Great info! Awesome tour of Rome!
Well done John, and have heard of Rome Georgia! Pretty cool getting a tour of the city with highlights and history behind it! Thanks for taking us along, Take care Chris
It is a great small town maintaining it's values, hopefully for a Long time.
Great video my friend . You do some amazing tours my friend. Thank you for taking us along with you. Thumbs up.
Thanks for the great comment brother. Have a great week ahead.
Another great share 😀👍
Thanks Mr Lowe. have a great weekend.
Wow found 1834. We watch full and a like your video so detail and infotainment 👍
Thank you
Very interesting history, thank you for the tour John!
Thank you.
Awesome work! Have a great day!
Spectacular video, great edits and effects!! THUMBS UP 😊 So much history there, thanks for showing!
Thanks for the comment. You have a great day.👍
Hi Friend. Beautiful city of Rome Geogia!!! You are a remarkable storyteller! :) Thank you for sharing! :) Have a nice Day!!! :) ;) like 57 Hugs from Rome! :)
Thank you for the visit and the kind comment Maria. It means a lot to have a compliment from my native land. I hope you have a great day.
Amazing and interesting upload Like 76 Greetings
Great story on this vlog. I enjoyed very much thank you.
Thanks Ben, i always appreciate your comment my friend. Have a great weekend.
Good video thanks for sharing
Thanks and have a great day.
Cool way to learn history. Thanks John. Full watch & like
Amazing! I love this stuff. You are always somewhere cool.😉
A little art, a lot of history...looks like a fun little road trip, John!
Yep, love art and history. The trip was full of it. Thanks for the comment guys.
It's always cool to see and know the origins of city names including points of interest. Awesome tour John!
Lots to see and do there, we were just re-visiting to see if it's still the same from 2004. It was :) notice on a Sunday morning everything was closed. i remember those days LOL
John that was nicely done once again! LIKE+
Thanks Kirk. Appreciate the comment my friend.
Great trip! Now I know that state Georgia has amazing City Rome! Big lk 44;)
Thank you sir.
Great video thanks brother. I like the history of the city. Keep up the great work see you in the next video thanks again brother
Thanks for the great comment Scott. Looking forward to your great new videos.
Nice tour. We were in savanna Georgia last month
Really awesome share my friend!
Thanks for your visit. I appreciate your comment. have a great day.
thanks for showing us Rome Georgia most interesting mate
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Thank you Billy.
Very nice place!! Thank you for the upload. I enjoy complete video with LIKE
Thank you Frankie.
Great video! I visited Rome, GA for the first time just recently and had no idea about the bronze statue, or that it had been sent over by Mussolini. Crazy to think that a piece of metal from the 20th century witnessed such an important part of modern history firsthand.
There's 10 replicas throughout the USA.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Capitoline_Wolf_statues
Good video and history of Rome, GA
Thanks
Nice documentary. Rome Georgia, good to hear history that we ordinarily would never know about. Stay well, Joe Z
History tells us who we are. Thanks for the comment.
And where we're going.
hello dear John i am glad i found your channel i am new subscriber love tours you learn things love the history of this video and this beautiful place love the statue sign of prosperity this is really amazing story the Olympic torch the Carnegie building has a great story about it to watched in full and totally enjoyed this lovely educational video thanks for sharing
Hi Peter, thank you for the kind words. I try to instill to the young ones in our family that History is who we were and who we will become. If we conserve it and learn from it we will prosper but if we keep repeating the mistakes of the past we are doomed. Thank you again and glad we met as well.
That was great have not heard any of this history before.
Love the history you converse about...
Thanks for your comment. I love history.🙂
That's a pretty common statue around the world. But I guess small towns don't always like the provocative nature of things like that. Makes people uncomfortable - which is too bad. Glad they finally got over it and put it back up. Hahaha, I like how that bug flew out of the library book pickup when you opened the door, lol
True Josh, Knowledge and Time reveals all. The book sharing box was full of Wasps LOL. Goes to show you how many people open it, the books looked like were there for a long time.
nice video
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Good to hear from you. Thanks Joe.
watching now all your new video dear friend :
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Back for another look at this one
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We love GA, full of history and beautiful scenery of the countryside. Thank you so much for your comment and watching we always appreciate your full support and we enjoy your content very much.
Fascinating history. Rarely see brick when we are in or near earthquake country, so the architecture is interesting to me.
Enjoyed the snapshot session at the end too
Have a wonderful weekend👍
Love bricks buildings. But it,s a lost art, now it’s all brick imitation.
Good review L111
Thanks for the visit
Interesting place to be visit. Nice information sob
thank you
Good history lesson on City of Rome In Georgia
Thanks Lou.
Amazing! Like 164.
Big thanks
Roma caput mundi! Big like for you! Ciaoo
Have a great week my friend.
I’m from Rome Georgia
This is my hometown💯💧%
It must be nice this time of year.
John C RV no,lol it’s freezing here.
My great great great great grandfather Joseph Ford was a founding citizen who won his land in the Cherokee land lottery he and all his sons fought for Georgia in the civil 22 Regiment of the Georgia Infantry
I had to come check this one out. I have a cousin that lives in Rome, Ga. I've never been there personally. Looks like a quaint little town. Interesting story about how it was started, named and the statue from Italy.
The town I live in Florida was like Rome Georgia when I moved here in the 80s, 2 police cars LOL. Now it takes me an hour to drive to the gas station to gas up and come home.. we were there on a Sunday morning and almost evething was closed, pretty cool. Your cousin is lucky.
Such a beautiful city! Great place for movie setting. #Like49
Many movies were made there over the years, it’s perfect setting. Thanks for the comment Adele.
Enjoyed the Story...we like History
I enjoyed the story
I love this city! But I love my Roma too! Like from Italy!
True, this would not exist without the old one.👍
Like to hear the history and see the monuments!
big like 26 my friend full view
Thanks Max
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Yeah rome is nice over here
You live in a nice city my friend.👍
I like this story
I have been to Rome several times 👍
My birth town 1947.
Thanks for the comment. A most beautiful town!
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I think this the original Rome home to the Cherokee.
Interesting. I wonder who it was before the Cherokee?
Great video I like thumbs up dearest I like so much thumbs up 😃😀
I live in Shannon Georgia and if you are from cave spring lindale Shannon etc you just say your from Rome also I'm from lindale
Perfect 😎👌
@@JohnCRV also how did you not notice that huge owl we have
Owl!
@@JohnCRV the clock tower
At 5:36 I mentioned the tower but never knew about the owl, I just look it up. The top of the clock tower is shaped like an owl's face, watching out over the town. Cool! Thanks for that. I like when town folks contribute stories about their town.
You have no rights to steal the name of the great, unique and capital of Italy: Rome. #existonlyonerome
Rome has influenced the entire world for over 2000 years and in this small corner of the world is just a tribute to Roma urbs aeterna.
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