Editing Rome (section)

== Administration ==

[[Image:12 800px-Piazza del Campidoglio.jpg‎|250px|thumb|right|Rome City Hall.]]
'''Capital of Italy'''

Rome is the national capital of Italy and is the seat of the Italian Government. The official residences of the President of the Italian Republic and the Italian Prime Minister, the seats of both houses of the Italian Parliament and that of the 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.


'''City government'''

[[Image:13 375px-Municipi di Roma.svg.png‎|250px|thumb|right|The 19 municipi of Rome.]]
Rome constitutes one of Italy's 8,101 communes, and is the largest both in terms of land area and population. It is governed by a mayor, currently Gianni Alemanno, and a city council. The seat of the commune is in on the Capitoline Hill the historic seat of government in Rome. The local administration in Rome is commonly referred to as "Campidoglio", the name of the hill in the Roman dialect.


'''Administrative divisions'''

Rome is divided into 19 administrative areas, called municipi or municipalities. They were created in 1972 for administrative reasons to increase decentralisation in the city.<sup>[48]</sup> Each municipality is governed by a president and a council of four members who are elected by the residents of the municipality every five years. The municipalities frequently cross the boundaries of the traditional, non-administrative divisions of the city.


'''Rioni of Rome'''

Rome is also divided into differing types of non-administrative divisions. The historic centre is divided into 22 rioni, all of which are located within the Aurelian Walls except Prati and Borgo.

The Rioni have changed in number throughout history, from ancient Rome, the medieval period,<sup>[49]</sup> to the Renaissance. They were later organized in a more precise way by Pope Benedict XIV in 1743.

Even after Napoleon I lost his power in the city, there were no sensible changes in the organization of the city, until Rome became the capital of the new born Italy. The needs of the new capital caused a great urbanization and an increase of the population, both within the Aurelian walls and outside them. In 1874 the rioni became 15 adding Esquilino, obtained taking a part from Monti. At the beginning of the 20th century some rioni started being split up and the first parts outside the Aurelian walls started being considered part of the city.

In 1921 the number of the rioni increased to 22. Prati was the last rione to be established and the only one outside the Aurelian walls.

The latest reform, which is still mostly valid, was made in 1972: Rome was divided in 20 circoscrizioni (later renamed municipi, one of which has since become an independent municipality) and all the 22 rioni (thus the historical center) were placed in the first one, Municipio I.

[[Image:15 600px-Rome L7 8 3 2001 lrg.jpg‎ |250px|thumb|right|Piazza Navona, held inside Parione.[50]]]
The complete list of the modern rioni, in order of number, is the following:

:::1. Monti
:::2. Trevi
:::3. Colonna
:::4. Campo Marzio
:::5. Ponte
:::6. Parione
:::7. Regola
:::8. Sant'Eustachio
:::9. Pigna
:::10. Campitelli
:::11. Sant'Angelo
:::12. Ripa
:::13. Trastevere
:::14. Borgo
:::15. Esquilino
:::16. Ludovisi
:::17. Sallustiano
:::18. Castro Pretorio
:::19. Celio
:::20. Testaccio
:::21. San Saba
:::22. Prati