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The Tiber (Latin Tiberis, Italian Tevere) is the thir-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine mountains of Tuscany and flowing 406 kilometres through Umbria and Lazio to the Tyrrhenian Sea. It drains a basin estimated at 18,000 km². The river has achieved lasting fame as the main watercourse of the city of Rome, founded on its eastern banks.

Trivia about tiber

  • Vatican City lies on the west, or right, bank of this river
  • The 1st Roman bridge of which there is any record is the Pons Sublicius, built in 621 B.C. over this river
  • About 250 miles long, this river is usually navigable for only about 20 miles from Rome to the sea
  • It's the river that flows through the city
  • The 4th king of Rome, Ancus Marcus, is credited with building the 1st bridge across this river
  • Citta Di Castello,Rome
  • Vatican City lies on the west bank of this river
  • Rome wasn't built in a day, but it was built on the banks of this river
  • This central Italian river empties into the sea via the Fiumara Branch & the Fiumicino Canal
  • In 897 Pope Stephen VI had his predecessor Formosus exhumed, put on trial & thrown into this river
  • King Ancus Marcius is said to have built the Sublician Bridge, the first bridge across this river, in the 7th c. B.C.
  • Rome lies on both banks of this river, 15 miles east of the Tyrrhenian Sea
  • The Ponte Garibaldi & the Ponte Palatino
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