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March 31, 2007

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iCame, iSaw, iConquered: Rome Apple Store opens

Posted Mar. 31, ’07, 10:55 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Apple » Stores

Apple Store RomeRome. Home to the Vatican, the Colosseum, and, of course, fine cuisine. Well, the Eternal City can now add another distinction to the long list that dates back thousands of years: the first Apple Store on the European continent. Rome Italy now joins a small, distinguished roster of other countries around the world featuring stores: Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

The store, located at the Roma Est mall, had its grand opening this morning at 9AM local time. To celebrate, 1000 commemorative t-shirts were given away. An estimated 800-1000 fans were on hand for the store opening, some even coming from other countries such as Luxembourg and France. Macity has put up a couple of galleries documenting the opening celebrations.

My question: now that Rome has the Apple Store, how long before Pope Benedict drops by the Genius Bar to get his iPod nano fixed?

Update: So I accidentally referred to Rome as a country. Nitpickers!


2 Comments

Dimitri said:

I chuckled at the title. Thanks. In fact, the title is the main reason that I put a page linking to your article on my blog.

Again, thanks for the chuckle,
Dimitri

March 31, 2007 1:04 PM
Erik said:

Is Rome a country?

Granted the Vatican is considered a sovereign state, but I wasn't aware Rome was.

March 31, 2007 3:39 PM

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