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Abstract: ROMA AS THE CAPITAL OF SCIENCE? THE ROMAN SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND THE CHEMICAL LABORATORIES OF CUSTOMS No sooner did the Kingdom of Italy annex Rome, that an attempt to create a new image for the city began. This image was based on science, in terms of a secular knowledge to be as universal as Catholicism or classic culture might have been. In order to achieve this, a huge gap had to he bridged in the domain of science, especially in regards to Germany. In the years following the achievement of political unity, the need to import an empirical method such as the German science model inspired the actions of politicians and scientists, likewise, Cesare Correnti, Quintino Sella and Stanislao Cannizzaro played a leading role in this quest. This is especially true for the latter, who founded the Roman – but, in fact, national – School of Chemistry and the system of the Chemical Laboratories of Customs.