Municipio I is an administrative subdivision of the municipality of Rome, encompassing the centre of the city. It was first created by Rome's city council on 19 January 2001 and has a president who is elected during the mayoral elections. On 11 March 2013 its borders were modified and it was expanded with the incorporation of part of the abolished ''Municipio XVII''. Since then all the

rioni of Rome A ''rione'' of Rome (; : ''rioni'' of Rome) is a traditional administrative division of the city of Rome. '' Rione'' is an Italian term used since the 14th century to name a district of a town. The term was born in Rome, originating from the ad ...

, which are the city's historic districts, form part of Municipio I together with the localities ''Delle Vittorie'' and ''Eroi''.

Subdivision

Municipio I is divided into 11 localities:

Rioni

Since 2013 the territory includes all 22 ''rioni'': R.I '' Monti'', R.II ''

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'', R.III '' Colonna'', R.IV '' Campo Marzio'', R.V '' Ponte'', R.VI '' Parione'', R.VII '' Regola'', R.VIII ''

Sant'Eustachio Sant'Eustachio () is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in Rome, named for the martyr Saint Eustace. It is located on Via di Sant'Eustachio in the Sant'Eustachio (rione of Rome), rione Sant'Eustachio, a block west of the Pantheo ...

'', R.IX '' Pigna'', R.X '' Campitelli'', R.XI '' Sant'Angelo'', R.XII '' Ripa'', R.XIII ''

Trastevere Trastevere () is the 13th of Rome, Italy. It is identified by the initials R. XIII and it is located within Municipio I. Its name comes from Latin (). Its coat of arms depicts a golden head of a lion on a red background, the meaning of which i ...

'', R.XIV '' Borgo'', R.XV '' Esquilino'', R.XVI '' Ludovisi'', R.XVII '' Sallustiano'', R.XVIII '' Castro Pretorio'', R.XIX '' Celio'', R.XX '' Testaccio'', R.XXI '' San Saba'' and R.XXII ''

Prati Prati is the 22nd of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. XXII. It belongs to the Municipio I since 2013, while previously, along with Borgo and Trionfale and Della Vittoria, it was part of the Municipio XVII. Its coat of arms de ...

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Municipal government

The president of the ''municipio'' is directly elected by citizens. The Council of the ''municipio'' is elected every five years, with a system under which voters express a direct choice for the President or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. This gives a result whereby the winning candidate may be able to claim majority support. Last election occurred on 3 and 17 October 2021: The table below shows the current composition of the council: Here is a list of presidents of the ''municipio'' since the office was created in 2001:

Geography

The area of the municipality occupies the central districts of the town, including the whole

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

enclosed by the

Aurelian Walls The Aurelian Walls () are a line of city walls built between 271 AD and 275 AD in Rome, Italy, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Aurelian. They superseded the earlier Servian Wall built during the 4th century BC. The walls enclosed all the ...

and the Janiculum walls and crossed by the

Tiber The Tiber ( ; ; ) is the List of rivers of Italy, third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the R ...

, which makes part of

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's List of

World Heritage Site World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...

s. The quarters built over the river in the late 19th century and the beginning of 20th century between

Vatican Hill Vatican Hill (; ; ) is a hill in Rome, located on the right bank (west side) of Tiber river, opposite to the traditional seven hills of Rome. The hill also gave the name to Vatican City. It is the location of St. Peter's Basilica. Etymology ...

and

Monte Mario Monte Mario (English: Mount Mario or Mount Marius) is the hill that rises in the north-west area of Rome (Italy), on the right bank of the Tiber, crossed by the Via Trionfale. It occupies part of Balduina, of the territory of Municipio I, Munici ...

(

, Trionfale, Della Vittoria) are also within its borders. The ancient core of the municipality is the historic seven hills (

Palatine A palatine or palatinus (Latin; : ''palatini''; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman Empire, Roman times.

, Aventine,

Capitolium A ''Capitolium'' (Latin) was an ancient Roman temple dedicated to the Capitoline Triad of gods Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. A ''capitolium'' was built on a prominent area in many cities in Italy and the Roman provinces, particularly during the ...

, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline and Caelian), as well as the

Janiculum The Janiculum (; ), occasionally known as the Janiculan Hill, is a hill in western Rome, Italy. Although it is the second-tallest hill (the tallest being Monte Mario) in the contemporary city of Rome, the Janiculum does not figure among the pro ...

, the Pincian Hill and the artificial hillocks of Monte Testaccio and Monte Giordano. Along the Tiber rises the

Tiber Island The Tiber Island (, Latin: ''Insula Tiberina'') is the only river island in the part of the Tiber which runs through Rome. Tiber Island is located in the southern bend of the Tiber. The island is boat-shaped, approximately long and wide, and ha ...

Culture

Libraries

* Enzo Tortora (Via Zabaglia) * Rispoli (Piazza Grazioli) * Giordano Bruno (Via Giordano Bruno) * Centrale Ragazzi (Via San Paolo alla Regola) * Romana Sarti (Piazza dell'Accademia di San Luca) * Casa della Memoria e della Storia (Via San Francesco di Sales) * Casa delle Traduzioni (Via degli Avignonesi) * Library of the Scuola popolare di musica di Testaccio (Piazza Orazio Giustiniani)

Museums

The ''municipio'' hosts 103 museums (70 municipal museums and 33 State museums), such as the Vittoriano, the

Capitoline Museums The Capitoline Museums () are a group of art and archaeology, archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The historic seats of the museums are Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, facing ...

, the Scuderie del Quirinale, the

Palazzo delle Esposizioni The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a Neoclassicism, neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via Nazionale (Rome), Via Nazionale in Rome, Italy. History Designed by Pio Piacentini, it opened in 1883. It has housed several exhi ...

and the Museo Alfonso Gallo

Cinemas

* Teatro Adriano ( Piazza Cavour). An old theater transformed into a movie theater. * Cinema America. Closed since 1998, it was re-opened in November 2012 and cleared in September 2014. * Cinema Augustus ( Corso Vittorio Emanuele II) * Cinema Barberini (

Piazza Barberini Piazza Barberini is a large piazza in the ''centro storico'' or city center of Rome, Italy and situated on the Quirinal Hill. It was created in the 16th century but many of the surrounding buildings have subsequently been rebuilt. History The s ...

) * Cinema Doria (Via Andrea Doria) * Cinema Farnese ( Piazza Campo de' Fiori) * Cinema Fiamma (Via Bissolati) * Cinema Filmstudio (Via degli orti D'Alibert) * Cinema Giulio Cesare (Viale Giulio Cesare) * Cinema Greenwich (Via Giovanni Battista Bodoni) * Cinema Intrastevere(Vicolo Moroni) * Cinema Nuovo Olimpia (Via in Lucina) * Cinema Nuovo Sacher (Largo Ascianghi) * Cinema Quattro Fontane ( Via delle Quattro Fontane) * Cinema Reale (Piazza Sidney Sonnino) * Cinema Rivoli (Via Lombardia) * Cinema Royal (Via Emanuele Filiberto) * Warner Village Cinema Moderno ( Piazza della Repubblica).

Theatres

* Teatro Ambra Jovinelli, su via Guglielmo Pepe * Teatro Anfitrione (Via di S. Saba) *

Teatro Argentina The Teatro Argentina (directly translating to "Theatre Argentina") is an opera house and theatre located in Largo di Torre Argentina, a square in Rome, Italy. One of the oldest theatres in Rome, it was constructed in 1731 and inaugurated on 31 ...

( Largo di Torre Argentina) * Teatro Belli (Piazza di Sant'Apollonia) * Teatro Brancaccio ( Via Merulana) * Teatro Centrale Roma (Via Celsa) * Teatro Eliseo (Via Nazionale) * Teatro Petrolini (Via Rubattino) * Teatro Piccolo Jovinelli (Via Giovanni Giolitti) *

Teatro Quirino The Teatro Quirino is an opera house in Rome opened in 1871. It hosted the premiere of Pietro Mascagni's operetta '' Sì''. Its historical name has been joined by the recognition for one of the most acclaimed Italian theatrical actors of the tw ...

(Via delle Vergini) * Teatro Rossini (Piazza S.Chiara) * Teatro Sala Umberto (Via della Mercede) * Teatro Sistina (Via Sistina) * Teatro Valle (Via del Teatro Valle) * Teatro Vittoria (Piazza di Santa Maria Liberatrice)

Transport

Stations of Rome Metro in the ''Municipio'': * Metropolitana di Roma - logo linea A

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, Ottaviano, Lepanto, Flaminio, Spagna, Barberini, Repubblica, Termini, Vittorio Emanuele, Manzoni, San Giovanni; * Castro Pretorio, Termini, Cavour,

Colosseo The Colosseum ( ; , ultimately from Ancient Greek word "kolossos" meaning a large statue or giant) is an Ellipse, elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphi ...

, Circo Massimo, Piramide; * San Giovanni. The public transport is ensured by numerous access points to the rail lines, as well as many bus, trolleybuses and

trams A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

(line 8 towards Gianicolense and lines 5 and 14 towards Via Prenestina). In this Municipio, or at its borders, there is Roma Termini railway station (the main railway yard in the town, with regional, national and international connections, among which the Rome–Naples high-speed railway), the Roma Ostiense railway station, the central sections of the Line A and Line B of the Metro (with interchange at Roma Termini) and the terminus of the three regional railways Rome-Lido, Rome North and Rome-Giardinetti. Roma Trastevere and Roma San Pietro railway stations are also very close and easily accessible. Roma Termini has a direct rail link with Fiumicino Airport, served by the Leonardo Express, as well as many bus lines both to Fiumicino and

Ciampino Ciampino () is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy. It was a ''frazione'' of Marino, Italy, Marino until 1974, when it became a ''comune''; it obtained the city () status (being therefore officially known as Cit ...

Airports.

References

External links

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