ROME’S HISTORIC

Rome’s historic City Hall opened ovaries) in 1872. The surgery in 1916 and was designed by took place in the Omberg House architect A. Ten Eyck Brown. In which is located behind City addition to municipal offices Hall. for the City of Rome, the building has a 1,106 seat Adjacent to City Hall is the auditorium which is home to the Admiral John Henry Towers Rome Symphony Orchestra, the monument. The life-size bronze oldest symphony in the south. statue and surrounding memorial relays the amazing Other monuments on display story of the Rome native known outside City Hall include a as “The Father of Naval Aviation”. granite obelisk given by Medical Society of Georgia, which Capitoline Wolf honors Dr. Robert Battey. Dr. View the historic piece of Battey, a noted surgeon, art located on the front performed the world’s first steps of Rome City Hall & oophorectomy (removal of the Auditorium.

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Rome-Floyd Visitor Center Download free Georgia’s Rome apps 706-295-5576 | 800-444-1834 for visitor information 402 Civic Center Dr., Rome, GA 30161 & tour challenges. Numerous threats The Capitoline Wolf with Romulus and made against the Remus stands in front of historic City Capitoline Wolf after Hall on Broad Street in downtown Rome. The statue was an official gift from the Italy declared war on Roman Governor, by order of the Italian the Allies prompted its T Dictator, Benito Mussolini and was removal. presented when Chatillion Corporation Silk Mills of Milan, Italy relocated to Georgia’s Rome in 1929. In 1933, one of the twins-no one the statue removed and stored for The statue is an exact replica of the Etruscan art ever knew whether it was Romulus safety. that stands in the Palazzo dei Conservatori on or Remus - was kidnapped from the Campidoglio (Ancient Capitoline Hill) in Rome, pedestal. Neither kidnapper nor the In 1952 a movement was started by Italy. twin was ever found, but through citizens and art lovers to restore the the efforts of the Rome Rotary statue and on September 8, 1952, The mythical tale of Romulus and Remus has all the Club and the International Rotary, after an absence of twelve years, the makings of a modern day epic. The twins were sons another twin was sent from Italy to 1,500-pound statue of the replace the missing one. Capitoline Wolf was again placed on its pedestal in front of City Hall. War left its mark on the Capitoline Wolf and her adopted The Capitoline Wolf was involved human babies. When Italy declared in an event of historic significance war on the Allies in 1940, threats to on July 16, 1996 when the Olympic dynamite and destroy the statue Torch paused at the statue on its became so numerous that the Rome way to the Centennial Olympic City Commission ordered Games in Atlanta. A bronze marker by local artist Tim Rush has been placed on the lawn of City Hall to commemorate this moment in time. Translation: of Mars, the god of war, and Rhea Silvia, daughter This statue of the of King Numitor of Alba Longa. King Numitor was overthrown by his brother, Amulius, who then Capitoline Wolf, as a ordered Romulus and Remus to be cast into the forecast of prosperity Tiber River. They were rescued by a she-wolf who and glory, has been cared for them until a herdsman found and raised sent from ancient them. Romulus and Remus grew and after reclaiming Alba Longa for King Numitor, the Rome to New Rome, brothers began plans for a city near the site of their during the consulship rescue on the banks of the Tiber. During a quarrel of Benito Mussolini in over the city’s name, Romulus killed Remus. He the year of 1929. then built the city giving it his name. The statue’s first years in Georgia’s Rome were not without controversy. While most people appreciated the statue and considered it a work of art, many others were offended by it and felt it was shocking and not something to be viewed by ladies and children. Often, when important events were scheduled at the City Auditorium, the twins were diapered and the wolf was draped.

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