Palazzo Senatorio (the Town hall and Mayor of Rome's office, Italy), in Piazza Campidoglio, seen from the top of the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II. The Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. A city hall or town hall is the chief administrative building of a City or Town 's administration and usually houses the city or A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland or "Il Vittoriano"

For other meanings (eg the word's use in place names), see palazzo (disambiguation).

Palazzo is more broadly used in Italian than its English equivalent “palace”. A palace is a grand residence especially the home of a Head of state or some other high-ranking Public figure. In Italy, a palazzo is a grand building of some architectural ambition that is the headquarters of a family of some renown or of an institution, or even what the British would call a “block of flats” or a tenement. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

Etymology

The words “palazzo” (Italian), “palace” (English) or “palais” (French) and the other similar words come from the name of the Palatine hill in Rome. The Palatine Hill ( Latin: Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus) is the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 On this hill the patrician family Julia (“gens Julia” in Latin) owned some land and built their residence. The term " patrician " originally referred to a group of elite families in Ancient Rome, including both their natural and Julius (fem Julia) is the Nomen of the gens Julia, an important Patrician family of Ancient Rome supposed to have descended from When Octavian became Roman emperor after his succession to Julius Caesar their home and the name of the Palatine hill itself became synonymous with Imperial residence. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC The Palatine Hill ( Latin: Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus) is the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome This article deals with the general meaning of the term "synonym"

See also

• The Palazzo, Las Vegas
• List of palazzi in Italy