Comfort Inn 30161
2209 Shorter Ave. Rome, Georgia 30161
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| | Like its namesake, Rome was built on seven hills. | |
| | The connection to the Italian city is underscored | Of particular interest is the Chieftains Museum, |
| | by the statue in front of City Hall: It's a bronze | located in the former home of the Cherokee |
| | reproduction of the famous sculpture of the wolf | statesman Major Ridge. Ridge tried to make |
| | that nursed Romulus and Remus, the twin | peace with white settlers by signing the Treaty of |
| | founders of ancient Rome. The city received the | New Echota, a land-for-peace swap in which the |
| | statue as a gift from Mussolini in 1929, before Il | Cherokee accepted part of Oklahoma in |
| | Duce went on to commit less friendly acts. | exchange for their ancestral lands in Georgia and |
| | | other parts of the Southeast. The treaty was a |
| | Once a Cherokee village, the city has been an | disaster and led to the brutal expulsion of Native |
| | important manufacturing center since the early | Americans from the South the forced march known |
| | 1800s, and it's home to a number of intriguing | as the Trail of Tears. |
| | historical attractions. Stroll past the vintage homes | |
| | on Broad Street in the Between the Rivers District | Southeast of Rome is the Etowah Mounds State |
| | and visit the old cemetery on Myrtle Hill, which | Historic Site (Cartersville), the ruins of massive |
| | contains the graves of close to 400 Confederate | earthworks that were at the heart of the Etowah |
| | soldiers. Rome's Berry College is home to the | Indians' social life and religious ceremonies. A |
| | magnificent Oak Hill Plantation as well as the Ford | museum at the site houses a collection of Etowah |
| | Buildings, which house a collection of | artifacts. Rome is 70 mi/115 km northwest of |
| | Appalachian arts and crafts. | Atlanta. |
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