Eternal City, The

noun

1. the city of Rome, Italy.

Example Sentences

“No other city in the world can offer an artistic, historical and cultural heritage that stretches over such an ample arc of time, which will allow Olympic competitions to be held in the most spectacular and symbolic places of the Eternal City,” the committee added.

From Washington Times

After a four hours' cannonade a breach was made in the walls of the eternal city, the white flag appeared on St. Angelo, and amid the shouts of the populace the Italian troops entered on September 20th, 1870.

From Project Gutenberg

Not that they should be ascribed to the Cerqueto period, or to the Sistine Chapel time, but it is probable that they were painted between 1480, when the master was in Rome, and 1491, when he produced on his second journey to the Eternal City the magnificent altar-piece now in the Villa Albani.

From Project Gutenberg

Before the last bomb had fallen in the first raid on the Eternal City, the Allies broadcast the news.

From Time Magazine Archive

During their stay in the Eternal City the British sovereigns were everywhere acclaimed with spontaneous joy by the populace.

From Time Magazine Archive