The Viminal Hill ( / ˈ v ɪ m ɪ n əl / VIM -in-əl ; Latin : Collis Vīminālis [ˈkɔllɪs wiːmɪˈnaːlɪs] ; Italian : Viminale [vimiˈnaːle] ) is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome . A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the Quirinal Hill to the northwest and the Esquiline Hill to the southeast, it is home to the Teatro dell'Opera and the Termini Railway Station .
5-985: At the top of the Viminal Hill is the Palace of Viminale that hosts the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior ; currently the term Il Viminale means the Ministry of the Interior. According to Livy , the hill first became part of the city of Rome, along with the Quirinal Hill , during the reign of Servius Tullius , Rome's sixth king, in the 6th century BC. The name of the hill derives from Latin viminalis (“pertaining to osiers ”), from vimen (“a pliant twig , osier”). 41°53′57″N 12°29′39″E / 41.89917°N 12.49417°E / 41.89917; 12.49417 This Rome -related article
10-602: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Palazzo del Viminale The Palazzo del Viminale is a historic palace in Rome ( Italy ), seat of the Prime Minister and of the Ministry of Interior since 1925; in 1961 the Prime Minister was transferred to Palazzo Chigi . The palace was commissioned by Giovanni Giolitti , who conceived it as the nerve centre of Italian Executive (at that time
15-584: The Palazzo degli Uffici, the room of the Council of Ministers and the entrance hall of the staircase at the piano nobile , with its wood, marble and stucco 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
20-410: The office of Prime Minister and Interior Minister were fulfilled by a single person). The palace was designed in 1911 by the architect Manfredo Manfredi and was officially inaugurated on July 9, 1925. The Palazzo is 5 floors high with hundreds of rooms, linked each other by a series of crossed itineraries. The imposing three-arched entrance of the Palazzo della Presidenza, the staircase of honor of
25-526: 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 which Enrico Fermi carried out his experiments together with the Via Panisperna boys (so called because the little palace is closer to the exit on Via Panisperna). The palace also housed
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