| Palazzo del Viminale Ministry of Interior of Italian Republic | |
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 Ministry of the Interior (Italy) | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Rome,Italy |
| Coordinates | 41°53′57″N12°29′37″E / 41.8992°N 12.4935°E /41.8992; 12.4935 |
| Construction started | 1911 |
| Completed | 1925 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Manfredo Manfredi |
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ThePalazzo del Viminale is a historic palace inRome (Italy), seat of thePrime Minister and of theMinistry of Interior since 1925; in 1961 the Prime Minister was transferred toPalazzo Chigi.[1]
The palace was commissioned byGiovanni Giolitti, who conceived it as the nerve centre of ItalianExecutive (at that time the office of Prime Minister and Interior Minister were fulfilled by a single person).
The palace was designed in 1911 by the architectManfredo Manfredi and was officially inaugurated on July 9, 1925.[1]
The Palazzo is 5 floors high with hundreds of rooms, linked each other by a series of crossed itineraries.[2] The imposing three-arched entrance of the Palazzo della Presidenza, the staircase of honor of the Palazzo degli Uffici, the room of theCouncil of Ministers and the entrance hall of the staircase at thepiano nobile, with its wood, marble andstucco decorations, are especially noteworthy.
The boardrooms of the Minister are placed in a side complex, linked to the main building by an arched junction.
The gardens and the terraces are overbuilt and abut onto the surrounding streets, standing out of the road surface.
The back gardens separate the main complex from smaller buildings. In fact, almost opposite to the back façade there is the little palace that housed the Royal Institute for Physics, in whichEnrico Fermi carried out his experiments together with theVia Panisperna boys (so called because the little palace is closer to the exit on Via Panisperna).[3] The palace also housed the Royal Institute for Chemistry.
The main building houses many libraries:
It also houses bank branches, post offices and many coffee shops.
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| Preceded by Palazzo Vidoni-Caffarelli | Landmarks of Rome Palazzo del Viminale | Succeeded by Palazzo Wedekind |
