Palazzo del Viminale: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

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 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.