At present, the capital city of Rome hosts 142 embassies. Several countries have ambassadors accredited to Italy, with most being resident in Brussels, London, or Paris.[1] This listing excludes honorary consulates, trade missions, and embassies to the Holy See.

Diplomatic Missions in Rome

Main article: List of diplomatic missions in Rome

Embassies

Permanent missions to the Food and Agriculture Organization

  1. Brazil[13]
  2. (Delegation)
  3. France[14]
  4. Germany[15]
  5. Italy[16]
  6. Mexico[17]
  7. Netherlands[18]
  8. Norway[19]
  9. Poland[20]
  10. Switzerland[21]
  11. United States[a]

Other delegations or representative offices

  1. Abkhazia (Representative Office)
  2. Catalonia (Delegation)[22]
  3. (Taipei Representative Office)
  4. Northern Cyprus (Representative Office)
  5. (Mission)
  6. South Ossetia (Representative Office)[23][b]

Consular missions

The following cities are host to career consular missions. All are consulates-general unless otherwise indicated.

Bari

Bologna

Catania

Florence

Genoa

  • [11]
  • (Consulate)
  • (Consulate)

Milan

Naples

Padua

Palermo

  • [10]
  • (Consulate)
  • (Consular agency)

Trieste

Turin

Venice

Verona

Non-resident embassies accredited to Italy

Resident in Brussels, Belgium

  1. [1]
  2. [1]
  3. [1]
  4. [1]
  5. [1]
  6. [1]
  7. [1]
  8. [1]
  9. [1]

Resident in Paris, France

  1. [1]
  2. [1]
  3. [1]
  4. [1]
  5. [1]
  6. [1]
  7. [1] [35]
  8. [1]
  9. [1]
  10. [1]
  11. Tajikistan[1]
  12. [1]

Resident in Geneva, Switzerland[c]

  1. [1]
  2. [1]
  3. [1]
  4. Maldives[1]
  5. [1]
  6. [1]

Resident in London, United Kingdom

  1. Bahamas[1]
  2. Eswatini[1]
  3. Tonga[1]

Resident in other cities

  1. (Andorra la Vella)[1]
  2. (St John's)[1]
  3. (Berlin)[1]
  4. (Madrid)[1]
  5. Guinea-Bissau (Lisbon)[1]
  6. (Berlin)[1]
  7. Singapore (Singapore)[1]

Embassies to the Holy See

Main article: List of diplomatic missions to the Holy See

The Vatican City State, governed by the Holy See, does not possess sufficient territory to host diplomatic missions, so diplomatic missions accredited to the Holy See are based in Rome.

Closed missions

Host citySending countryMissionYear closedRef.
RomeBeninEmbassy2020[36]
Kingdom of NepalEmbassy1967[37]
RwandaEmbassyUnknown[38]
Ba'athist SyriaEmbassy2013[39]
CataniaPolandConsulate-General2009[40]
FlorenceUnited KingdomConsulate2011[41]
GenoaColombiaConsulate-General1990[42]
SpainConsulate-General2021[43][44][45]
SwedenConsulate-General1981[46]
SwitzerlandConsulate-General2014[47]
United StatesConsulate-General1993[48][49]
MilanBelarusConsulate-General2018[50]
GreeceConsulate-GeneralUnknown[51]
SwedenConsulate-General1995[52]
NaplesGermanyConsulate-General2013[53]
GreeceConsulate-General2011[54]
SwitzerlandConsulate-General2007[55][56]
United KingdomConsulate2012[41]
PalermoUnited StatesConsulate1994[48]
TriesteFranceConsulate-General1998[57]
TurinUnited KingdomConsulate2006[58][59]
VeniceFranceConsulate-General1998[60]
GreeceConsulateUnknown[51]
Empire of JapanEmbassy1945 or sooner[61]
United KingdomConsulate-General2011[62]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ see United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome.
  2. ^ The government of Italy does not recognize either "the self-proclaimed representative office" or its diplomatic status.[63]
  3. ^ Accredited missions are the sending countries's permanent missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva

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