Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C.

The Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C. is the headquarters of the diplomatic representation of Italy in the United States. It is located in the northwest of the center of Washington, DC on Massachusetts Avenue and from there branching Whitehaven Street.

History

With the establishment of diplomatic missions in the United States began the first Italian state in 1826, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1832 was followed by the Kingdom of Sardinia - Piedmont. Because of the latter in 1861 eventually became the Kingdom of Italy in the Risorgimento, arose from its diplomatic representation, the current Italian embassy.

1870 was the Italian mission in 2017 G Street. Under the ongoing 1881 to 1901 term of office of the Ambassador Saverio de Fava, the message changed eight times its seat in the next 24 years, five more times. In 1925, the embassy sent a in a new, relatively small, designed by architects Warren and Wetmore Neo-Renaissance building at 16th and Fuller Street. Over time, different organizational units had to be outsourced to other locations. The construction of the new, much larger office building on Massachusetts Avenue in 1996 started the move took place in 2000.

As the ambassador's residence, they purchased 1976 Villa Firenze, a country house in Rock Creek Park, the Colonel Arthur O'Brien from 1925 was built until 1927. 1942 Colonel Robert Guggenheim purchased the property, it built partly around the Italian country style and named it after his mother Florence Villa Firenze. The villa with its nine -acre park at 2800 Albemarle Street, 4400 Broad Branch Road in Forest Hills ( ⊙ 38.947744833333-77.053127 ) is today the residence of the Italian Ambassador, who also uses them for official receptions.