Senate chamber in Palazzo Madama

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The Senate chamber in Palazzo Madama is the historic, ornately decorated hall in Rome where Italy’s upper house of Parliament convenes for its legislative sessions.

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Senate chamber in Palazzo Madama canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interior of a building
legislative chamber
parliamentary chamber
alsoUsedBy President of Italy
surface form: President of the Italian Republic (on formal occasions)

President of the Senate of the Republic
members of the Italian Government
architecturalStyle Baroque interior decoration
historicist architecture
country Italy
function venue for approval of Italian laws
venue for confidence and no‑confidence votes
venue for legislative sessions
venue for parliamentary debates
governingBody Bureau of the Senate of the Republic
hasCharacteristic central presidential dais
desk microphones and electronic voting system
galleries for the public and press
hemicycle layout
ornately decorated
wood‑paneled seating
hasPart benches for government members
desks for senators
electronic voting display boards
presidential chair
press gallery
public gallery
hasSeatingCapacity approximately 320 people
heritageStatus part of Italy’s institutional and historical heritage
languageUsed Italian
locatedIn Palazzo Madama
Rome
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Lazio
Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Rome
mainUserGroup Italian senators
occupant Senate of the Republic of Italy
surface form: Senate of the Republic (Italy)
partOf Parliament of Italy
surface form: Italian Parliament

Palazzo Madama
surface form: Palazzo Madama complex

seat of the Italian Senate
precededBy previous Senate meeting halls in other buildings
significance central venue of Italy’s legislative process
symbol of the Italian Republic’s upper house
usedBy Senate of the Republic of Italy
surface form: Senate of the Republic (Italy)
usedFor addresses by the President of the Republic
government confidence votes
joint sessions of Parliament held in Palazzo Madama (when required by law)
plenary sittings of the Italian Senate
votes on legislation
usedSince 20th century

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Senate of the Republic sessionRoom Senate chamber in Palazzo Madama