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Do not fill this in! ==Government== {{See also|Mayor of Rome|City Council of Rome|Elections in Rome|Administrative subdivisions of Rome}} [[File:Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome - 2498.jpg|thumb|[[Palazzo Senatorio]] on [[Capitoline Hill]], current seat of the [[Mayor of Rome]]]] [[File:Quirinale palazzo e obelisco con dioscuri Roma.jpg|thumb|right|[[Palazzo del Quirinale]], current seat of the [[President of Italy|President of the Italian Republic]]]] Rome constitutes a comune ''[[comune|speciale]]'', named ''"Roma Capitale"'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comune.roma.it/wps/portal/pcr?contentId=NEW151061&jp_pagecode=newsview.wp&ahew=contentId:jp_pagecode |title=Roma diventa Capitale |access-date=6 March 2012 |language=it |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205130517/http://www.comune.roma.it/wps/portal/pcr?contentId=NEW151061&jp_pagecode=newsview.wp&ahew=contentId:jp_pagecode |archive-date=5 February 2012}}</ref> and is the largest both in terms of land area and population among the 8,101 ''comuni'' of Italy. It is governed by a mayor and a city council. The seat of the ''comune'' is the ''Palazzo Senatorio'' on the [[Capitoline Hill]], the historic seat of the city government. The local administration in Rome is commonly referred to as ''"Campidoglio"'', the Italian name of the hill. Since 1972, the city has been divided into administrative areas, called ''municipi'' (sing. ''municipio'') (until 2001 named ''circoscrizioni'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Territorio |publisher=Comune di Roma |access-date=5 October 2009 |url=http://www.comune.roma.it/was/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_21L?menuPage=/Area_di_navigazione/Sezioni_del_portale/Dipartimenti_e_altri_uffici/Dipartimento_XV/www-9-romastatistica-9-it/Territorio/&flagSub= |language=it}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> They were created for administrative reasons to increase decentralisation in the city. Each ''municipio'' is governed by a president and a council of twenty-five members who are elected by its residents every five years. The ''municipi'' frequently cross the boundaries of the traditional, non-administrative divisions of the city. The municipi were originally 20, then 19,<ref>In 1992 after a [[referendum]] the XIX Circoscrizione became the ''[[Comune]]'' of [[Fiumicino]]</ref> and in 2013, their number was reduced to 15.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roma, sì all'accorpamento dei municipi: il Consiglio li riduce da 19 a 15 |url=http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/campidoglio/roma_municipi_accorpamento_consiglio_s_riduzione/notizie/257651.shtml# |access-date=13 March 2013 |newspaper=Il Messaggero |date=11 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316064219/http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/campidoglio/roma_municipi_accorpamento_consiglio_s_riduzione/notizie/257651.shtml |archive-date=16 March 2013}}</ref> Rome is also divided into differing types of non-administrative units. The historic centre is divided into 22 ''[[Rioni of Rome|rioni]]'', all of which are located within the [[Aurelian Walls]] except [[Prati]] and [[Borgo (rione of Rome)|Borgo]]. These originate from the [[14 regions of Augustan Rome]], which evolved in the Middle Ages into the [[14 regions of Medieval Rome|medieval rioni]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.romeartlover.it/Rioni.html |title=The "Rioni" of Rome |publisher=Romeartlover.it |access-date=3 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519060423/http://www.romeartlover.it/Rioni.html |archive-date=19 May 2009}}</ref> In the [[Renaissance]], under Pope [[Sixtus V]], they again reached fourteen, and their boundaries were finally defined under [[Pope Benedict XIV]] in 1743. Rome is the principal town of the [[Metropolitan City of Rome]], operative since 1 January 2015. The Metropolitan City replaced the old [[Province of Rome|provincia di Roma]], which included the city's metropolitan area and extends further north until [[Civitavecchia]]. The Metropolitan City of Rome is the largest by area in Italy. At {{cvt|5352|km2}}, its dimensions are comparable to the region of [[Liguria]]. Moreover, the city is also the capital of the [[Lazio]] region.<ref>Artour. [https://ar-tour.com/guides/in-sea-there-are-crocodiles/rome.aspx Rome] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128112717/https://ar-tour.com/guides/in-sea-there-are-crocodiles/rome.aspx |date=28 November 2020 }}. Retrieved August 25th, 2020.</ref> Rome is the national capital of Italy and is the seat of the [[Politics of Italy|Italian Government]]. The official residences of the [[President of Italy|President of the Italian Republic]] and the [[Prime Minister of Italy|Italian Prime Minister]], the seats of both houses of the [[Parliament of Italy|Italian Parliament]] and that of the [[Constitutional Court of Italy|Italian Constitutional Court]] are located in the historic centre. The state ministries are spread out around the city; these include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is located in [[Palazzo della Farnesina]] near the Olympic stadium. ===International relations=== [[File:FAO sede.jpg|thumb|[[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]] headquarters in Rome, Circo Massimo]] Among the [[global cities]], Rome is unique in having two sovereign entities located entirely within its city limits, the Holy See, represented by the Vatican City State, and the territorially smaller [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]]. The Vatican is an enclave of the Italian [[capital city]] and a sovereign possession of the [[Holy See]], which is the Diocese of Rome and the supreme government of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. For this reason, Rome has sometimes been described as the capital of two states.<ref>{{cite web |title=Discorsi del Presidente Ciampi |url=http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/ex-presidenti/Ciampi/dinamico/discorso.asp?id=21495 |publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica |access-date=17 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053829/http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/ex-presidenti/Ciampi/dinamico/discorso.asp?id=21495 |archive-date=21 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Le istituzioni salutano Benedetto XVI |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2005/d/sezioni/esteri/nuovopapa/reazitalia/reazitalia.html |newspaper=La Repubblica |access-date=17 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302053332/http://www.repubblica.it/2005/d/sezioni/esteri/nuovopapa/reazitalia/reazitalia.html |archive-date=2 March 2013}}</ref> Rome is the seat of the so-called "Polo Romano" made up by three main international agencies of the [[United Nations]]: the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO), the [[World Food Programme]] (WFP) and the [[International Fund for Agricultural Development]] (IFAD).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parlamento.it/application/xmanager/projects/parlamento/file/repository/affariinternazionali/osservatorio/approfondimenti/PI0093.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143221/http://www.parlamento.it/application/xmanager/projects/parlamento/file/repository/affariinternazionali/osservatorio/approfondimenti/PI0093.pdf |url-status=dead |title=parlamento.it |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> Rome has traditionally been involved in the process of European political integration. The [[Treaties of the EU]] are located in [[Palazzo della Farnesina]]. In 1957 the city hosted the signing of the [[Treaties of Rome|Treaty of Rome]], which established the [[European Economic Community]] (predecessor to the [[European Union]]), and also played host to the official signing of the proposed [[Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe|European Constitution]] in July 2004. Rome is the seat of the [[European Olympic Committee]] and of the [[NATO Defense College]]. The city is the place where the [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court|Statute of the International Criminal Court]] and the [[European Convention on Human Rights]] were formulated. The city hosts also other important international entities such as the [[IDLO]] (International Development Law Organisation), the [[ICCROM]] (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) and the [[UNIDROIT]] (International Institute for the Unification of Private Law). ====Twin towns and sister cities==== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}} Since 9 April 1956, Rome is exclusively and reciprocally [[twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] only with: * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris]], France, 1956 : ''Solo Parigi è degna di Roma; solo Roma è degna di Parigi.'' {{in lang|it}} : ''Seule Paris est digne de Rome; seule Rome est digne de Paris.'' {{in lang|fr}} : "Only Paris is worthy of Rome; only Rome is worthy of Paris."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comune.roma.it/pcr/it/relaz_int_sadi.page |title=Gemellaggio Roma – Parigi – (1955) |format=PDF |location=Paris |date=30 January 1956 |publisher=Commune Roma |language=fr |work=Roma – Relazioni Internazionali Bilaterali |access-date=10 September 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709150804/http://www.comune.roma.it/pcr/it/relaz_int_sadi.page |archive-date=9 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comune.roma.it/pcr/it/relaz_int_sadi.page |title=Dichiarazione congiunta Roma – Parigi – (2014) |format=PDF |location=Rome |date=1 October 2014 |publisher=Commune Roma |language=fr |work=Roma – Relazioni Internazionali Bilaterali |access-date=10 September 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709150804/http://www.comune.roma.it/pcr/it/relaz_int_sadi.page |archive-date=9 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paris.fr/portail/english/Portal.lut?page_id=8139&document_type_id=5&document_id=29903&portlet_id=18784 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905235843/http://www.paris.fr/portail/english/Portal.lut?page_id=8139&document_type_id=5&document_id=29903&portlet_id=18784 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 September 2012 |title=Twinning with Rome |access-date=27 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="Paris1">{{cite web |url=http://www.paris.fr/portail/accueil/Portal.lut?page_id=6587&document_type_id=5&document_id=16468&portlet_id=14974 |work=Mairie de Paris |title=Les pactes d'amitié et de coopération |access-date=14 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011162140/http://paris.fr/portail/accueil/Portal.lut?page_id=6587&document_type_id=5&document_id=16468&portlet_id=14974 |archive-date=11 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="Paris2">{{cite web |url=http://www.paris.fr/en/city_government/international/special_partners.asp |work=Mairie de Paris |title=International relations: special partners |access-date=14 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070806151309/http://www.paris.fr/en/city_government/international/special_partners.asp |archive-date=6 August 2007}}</ref> Rome's other partner cities are:<ref name="partner cities">{{cite web |url=https://www.comune-italia.it/comune-roma.html |title=Comune di Roma |publisher=Commune of Rome |access-date=18 November 2020 |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202155047/https://www.comune-italia.it/comune-roma.html |url-status=live}}</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| * {{flagdeco|BOL}} [[Achacachi]], Bolivia<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|ALG}} [[Algiers]], Algeria<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Beijing]], China<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities/Sister_City/ |title=Sister Cities |publisher=Beijing Municipal Government |access-date=23 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818133858/http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities/Sister_City/ |archive-date=18 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paris.fr/portail/accueil/Portal.lut?page_id=6587&document_type_id=5&document_id=16467&portlet_id=14974 |title=Le jumelage avec Rome |access-date=9 July 2008 |publisher=Municipalité de Paris |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216141833/http://www.paris.fr/portail/accueil/Portal.lut?page_id=6587&document_type_id=5&document_id=16467&portlet_id=14974 |archive-date=16 December 2008}}</ref> * {{flagdeco|SRB}} [[Belgrade]], Serbia<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Brasília]], Brazil<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|ARG}} [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|EGY}} [[Cairo]], Egypt<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|US}} [[Cincinnati]], United States<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|UKR}} [[Kyiv]], Ukraine<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Kobanî]], Syria<ref name="Rome declares Kobane 'sister city'">{{cite web |url=https://www.kurdishquestion.com/oldarticle.php?aid=rome-declares-kobane-sister-city |title=Rome declares Kobane 'sister city' |access-date=18 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221110518/https://www.kurdishquestion.com/oldarticle.php?aid=rome-declares-kobane-sister-city |archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> * {{flagdeco|POL}} [[Kraków]], Poland<ref name="Kraków partnerships">{{cite web |url=http://www.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat/2531,kat,0,5,miasta_partnerskie.html |title=Kraków – Miasta Partnerskie |access-date=10 August 2013 |work=Miejska Platforma Internetowa Magiczny Kraków |language=pl |trans-title=Kraków – Partnership Cities |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702010825/http://www.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat/2531%2Ckat%2C0%2C5%2Cmiasta_partnerskie.html |archive-date=2 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{flagdeco|ESP}} [[Madrid]], Spain<ref name="hermanadas">{{cite web |title=Mapa Mundi de las ciudades hermanadas |publisher=Ayuntamiento de Madrid |url=http://www.munimadrid.es/portal/site/munimadrid/menuitem.dbd5147a4ba1b0aa7d245f019fc08a0c/?vgnextoid=4e84399a03003110VgnVCM2000000c205a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=4e98823d3a37a010VgnVCM100000d90ca8c0RCRD&vgnextfmt=especial1&idContenido=1da69a4192b5b010VgnVCM100000d90ca8c0RCRD |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526204453/http://www.munimadrid.es/portal/site/munimadrid/menuitem.dbd5147a4ba1b0aa7d245f019fc08a0c/?vgnextoid=4e84399a03003110VgnVCM2000000c205a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=4e98823d3a37a010VgnVCM100000d90ca8c0RCRD&vgnextfmt=especial1&idContenido=1da69a4192b5b010VgnVCM100000d90ca8c0RCRD |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2012 |access-date=17 October 2009}}</ref> * {{flagdeco|PAK}} [[Multan]], Pakistan<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaffery |first1=Owais |date=9 June 2011 |title=Sister cities: Multan celebrates Italy's national day |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/185116/sister-cities-multan-celebrates-italys-national-day/ |location=Pakistan |newspaper=The Express Tribune |publication-date=9 June 2011 |access-date=29 February 2020 |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225021849/https://tribune.com.pk/story/185116/sister-cities-multan-celebrates-italys-national-day |url-status=live}}</ref> * {{flagdeco|IND}} [[New Delhi]], India<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|US}} [[New York City]], United States<ref name="New York sisters">{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/ia/gp/html/partner/partner.shtml |title=NYC's Partner Cities |publisher=The City of New York |access-date=16 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814165415/http://www.nyc.gov/html/ia/gp/html/partner/partner.shtml |archive-date=14 August 2013}}</ref> * {{flagdeco|BUL}} [[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|KOR}} [[Seoul]], South Korea<ref name="Seoul twinnings2">{{cite web |url=http://english.seoul.go.kr/gover/cooper/coo_02sis.html |title=International Cooperation: Sister Cities |access-date=26 January 2008 |work=Seoul Metropolitan Government |publisher=www.seoul.go.kr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210175055/http://english.seoul.go.kr/gover/cooper/coo_02sis.html |archive-date=10 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Seoul twinnings">{{cite web |url=http://english.seoul.go.kr/gtk/cg/cityhall.php?pidx=6 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120325052520/http://english.seoul.go.kr/gtk/cg/cityhall.php?pidx=6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 March 2012 |title=Seoul – Sister Cities [via WayBackMachine] |access-date=23 August 2013 |work=Seoul Metropolitan Government (archived 2012-04-25)}}</ref> * {{flagdeco|AUS}} [[Sydney]], Australia<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|ALB}} [[Tirana]], Albania<ref name="International relations">{{cite web |url=http://www.tirana.gov.al/common/images/International%20Relations.pdf |title=Twinning Cities: International Relations |access-date=23 June 2009 |work=Municipality of Tirana |publisher=www.tirana.gov.al |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010042121/http://www.tirana.gov.al/common/images/International%20Relations.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2011}}</ref><ref>Twinning Cities: International Relations. Municipality of Tirana. www.tirana.gov.al. Retrieved on 25 January 2008.</ref> * {{flagdeco|IRN}} [[Tehran]], Iran<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Tokyo]], Japan<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/ABOUT/LINKS/sister.htm |title=Sister Cities(States) of Tokyo |access-date=17 June 2019 |work=[[Tokyo Metropolitan Government]] |archive-date=11 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611131633/http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/ABOUT/LINKS/sister.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> * {{flagdeco|BEL}} [[Tongeren]], Belgium<ref name="partner cities"/> * {{flagdeco|TUN}} [[Tunis]], Tunisia<ref name="Tunis">{{cite web |url=http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/mairie_cooperation1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508191341/http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/mairie_cooperation1.htm |archive-date=8 May 2008 |title=Cooperation Internationale |publisher=2003–2009 City of Tunis Portal |language=fr |access-date=31 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{flagdeco|US}} [[Washington, D.C.]], United States<ref>{{cite web |title=Visita a Washington del Sindaco |url=http://www.comune.roma.it/wps/portal/pcr?contentId=NEW183956&jp_pagecode=newsview.wp&ahew=contentId:jp_pagecode |access-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125222237/http://www.comune.roma.it/wps/portal/pcr?contentId=NEW183956&jp_pagecode=newsview.wp&ahew=contentId:jp_pagecode |archive-date=25 November 2011}}</ref> }} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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