Roma (Lesotho)
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Roma is a university town in Lesotho in Maseru District. Roma has about 8,000 inhabitants.
Geography
Roma is located about 35 kilometers southeast of the capital, Maseru. The city is located in the foothills of the Maloti Mountains ( Drakensberg ) to about 1,700 meters above sea level in a valley, which is surrounded on three sides by about 100 meters higher mountains. The valley is dominated by pines and rocky hillsides, which gives the place next to his name, Italian character.
Roma is located on the road that leads from Maseru to Semonkong to 192 meters deep Maletsunyane Waterfall, the deepest waterfall in southern Africa.
History
Roma was founded around 1860 as the first Catholic mission station in present-day Lesotho. The city was named by the missionaries according to the Italian capital.
The University
Main article: National University of Lesotho
In 1945 the Catholic Roma was Pius XII. Founded college, which then went into state administration and became known from 1975 as the National University of Lesotho ( " National University of Lesotho "). During the apartheid era there were studying hundreds of young people from South Africa. Today, the university almost exclusively locals are enrolled. The number of full time students has nevertheless greatly increased in recent times and is approximately 7,000 (2006 ). Not all of these students are based in Roma.
Other institutions
Roma was founded as the nucleus of Catholicism in Lesotho. Today Catholics are on Sesotho ba -Roman ( German: Roman ) called. At the site there is a significant Catholic church and two operated by the Catholic Church in Lesotho high schools. The St. Mary's High School is exclusively for girls and is one of the best in the country.
In addition, there are also a Catholic seminary and a run by the Catholic Church at the hospital site.
The Pope's visit
In September 1988, Pope John Paul II visited Roma. Contrary to the original plan, he could not land near Maseru with the airplane on the Moshoeshoe I International Airport. Instead, the plane was diverted to the airport in Bloemfontein in South Africa. This land was then shunned because of apartheid. The Pope therefore had to enter forced South African soil. From Bloemfontein John Paul II arrived with his entourage on by land with considerable delay in Roma, but celebrated on the same evening in the Church a fair.
Others
1989 in Lesotho, large parts of the movie American Ninja 4 ( German Title: American Ninja 4 - The Destruction ) rotated. In Roma was a scene at the university ( " diplomatic reception "). Many lecturers of the University had been hired as extras. The seminary had been provided with barbed wire to represent a competitive prison. However, the scenes in Ethiopia.