Theprovince of Rome (Italian:provincia di Roma) was one of the fiveprovinces that formed part of theLazio region ofItaly. It was established in 1870 and disestablished in 2014. It was essentially coterminous with theRome metropolitan area. The city ofRome was the provincial capital. During the 1920s, the boundary of the province shrank as land was ceded to establish new provinces. The province of Rome was the most populous province in Italy. On 1 January 2015, it was superseded by a new local government body—theMetropolitan City of Rome Capital.[1]
Map of the province of Rome from 1870 to 1923Areas in light and dark orange color was the old province of Rome; area in dark orange color only is the Circondario di Roma.
In 1923 the district ofRieti, formerly part of theprovince of Perugia, was annexed to that of Rome. In 1927 the provincial territory was reduced through the creation of new provinces:Frosinone,Rieti andViterbo. After a few months, thecomuni (municipalities) ofAmaseno,Castro dei Volsci andVallecorsa also were annexed to the province of Frosinone, whileMonte Romano was annexed to that of Viterbo. In 1934 the provincial territory lost its southern part, which became the newprovince of Latina.
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