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Palazzo Madama in Rome

Palazzo Madama in Rome is the seat of the Senate of the Italian Republic, the upper house of the Italian Parliament. After the extinction of the Medici in 1743, the palace was handed over to the House of Lorraine and, later, to Pope Benedict XIV, who made it the seat of the Papal Government. In 1849, Pius IX moved here the Ministries of Finances and of the Public Debt, as well as the Papal Post Offices. In 1871, after the conquest of Rome by the newly formed Kingdom of Italy, the palazzo became the seat of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy. read more…

Tags: Italian Parliament, Italien, Italienisches Parlament, Italy, Latium, Lazio, Medici, Oberhaus, Palazzo Madama, Piazza Navona, Rom, Rome, Senat der Republik, Senate of the Republic, Senato della Repubblica, upper house

Turin, capital of the Alps

3 August 2011 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time: 8 minutes

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants; the Turin metropolitan area is estimated by OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. read more…