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Lazio

This article is about the region of Italy. For the football club, see S.S. Lazio. For other uses, see Lazio (disambiguation).
Lazio
Latium
Region
Flag of Lazio
Flag
Coat of arms of Lazio
Coat of arms
CountryItaly
CapitalRome
Government
 • TypePresident–council
government
 • BodyRegional Cabinet
 • PresidentFrancesco Rocca
 • LegislatureRegional Council
Area
 • Total
17,242 km2 (6,657 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2021)[1]
 • Total
5,714,883
 • Density330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Demonym(s)English: Lazian
Italian: Laziale
GDP
[2]
 • Total€212.911 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeIT-62
HDI (2022)0.930[3]
very high · 3rd of 21
NUTS RegionITE
Websitewww.regione.lazio.it

Lazio (UK: /ˈlætsioʊ/ LAT-see-oh, US: /ˈlɑːt-/ LAHT-; Italian: [ˈlattsjo]) or Latium (/ˈleɪʃiəm/ LAY-shee-əm, US also /-ʃəm/ -⁠shəm;[4][5][6][7] from the original Latin name, pronounced [ˈɫati.ũː]) is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants and a GDP of more than €212 billion per year, making it the country's second most populated region[1] and second largest regional economy after Lombardy. The capital of Lazio is Rome, which is also the capital and largest city of Italy, and completely encircles Vatican City.

Lazio is rich in a multi-millennial heritage: it was the home of the Etruscan civilization, then stood at the center of the Roman Republic, of the Roman Empire, of the Papal States, of the Kingdom of Italy and of the Italian Republic. The historical, artistic, cultural, architectural, archaeological and religious heritage of Lazio is immensely vast and rich in cultural diversity. Some of the greatest artists and historical figures lived and worked in Rome, particularly during the Italian Renaissance period, such as Donato Bramante, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Filippo Brunelleschi, Donatello, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francesco Borromini, Pietro da Cortona, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Diego Velázquez.

In remote antiquity, Lazio (Latium) included only a limited part of the current region, between the lower course of the Tiber, the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Monti Sabini and the Pontine Marshes.[8]

At the end of the World War II and the fall of the Fascist regime, from the end of the 1950s Lazio and Italy saw rapid economic growth, in particular in Rome it is remembered as the period of the "Dolce Vita" in which Rome was the fulcrum of worldly life, of the new consumer society, the desire for life, beauty and entertainment exploded, becoming the "Hollywood on the Tiber".[9] Today, Lazio is a large center of services and international trade, industry, public services and tourism, supported by an extensive network of transport infrastructures thanks to its geographical position in the center of Italian Peninsula and the presence of Rome within it.

  1. ^ a b "Popolazione Lazio (2001–2021) Grafici su dati ISTAT". tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  2. ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  4. ^ "Lazio". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Latium". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Latium" (US) and "Latium". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Lazio". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  8. ^ Latium et Campania entry (in Italian) in the Enciclopedia Treccani
  9. ^ "Hollywood in Rome". harpersbazaar.com. 9 December 2019.

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