Rome awoke under a blanket of snow on Monday morning, with some areas of the capital covered in five centimetres of the white stuff. It's the first snowfall in Rome in six years, and it looks stunning. Here are some pictures that capture the magic of snow-covered Italy.

For anyone not currently in Rome, you can watch live-streamed footage of the snow at the Vatican from their webcams. Schools were closed in the capital on Monday as the capital was hit by historic levels of snow.