Learn Italian: È molto lontano da Roma. - It is very far from Rome.

The preposition da often means "from" when talking about origin, separation, or distance. Here, it is part of the common phrase lontano da, which means "far from".

Where is the word for "it" before È?

Italian usually drops subject pronouns like "I", "you", or "it". The verb itself shows who or what is doing the action. È literally means "is", but it naturally translates to "it is" when there is no other subject mentioned.

Why is it just da Roma and not combined with "the" to make dalla Roma?

In Italian, names of cities almost never take a definite article (the word for "the"). Because there is no article before Roma, the preposition da stays on its own and doesn't merge into a combined word like dalla.

If we were talking about a feminine object being far, like a house (la casa), would lontano change?

Yes! If you have a specific subject, lontano acts as an adjective and must match the subject's gender and number. For example, "The house is very far from Rome" would be La casa è molto lontana da Roma. But because this sentence is just a general "It is far", we use the default masculine singular form lontano.