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{{Infobox Diplomatic Mission
  | name = Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C.<br><small>{{lang|it|Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington}}</small>
  | image = [[File:Emblem of Italy.svg|100px]] <br> [[File:Italian Embassy, Washington, D.C.jpg|250px]]
  | address = 3000 Whitehaven Street, [[Northwest, Washington, D.C.|N.W.]]
  | location = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington, D.C.]]
  | coordinates = {{coord|38|55|4|N|77|3|37|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
  | ambassador = 
  | website  = }}

The '''Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C.''' is the [[diplomatic mission]] of the [[Italy|Italian Republic]] to the [[United States]], and the seat of the [[List of ambassadors of Italy to the United States|Italian Ambassador to the United States]].

The original Italian diplomatic mission to the United States following [[Italian unification]] was founded by Baron [[Saverio Fava]]. The current chancery is located just off [[Embassy Row]] at 3000 Whitehaven Street, [[Northwest, Washington, D.C.]]  It is accessed from the [[Woodley Park station]] on the [[Washington Metro]]. In 1972, the Italian government purchased property from the [[Andrew W. Mellon Foundation]] that was part of the campus of the neighboring [[Center for Hellenic Studies]].

The new building was designed by [[Piero Sartogo]] and was completed in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berreneche |first1=Raul |title=On Embassy Row, Florentine Palazzo Meets Tuscan Villa (Pink Marble and All) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/29/garden/currents-architecture-on-embassy-row-florentine-palazzo-meets-tuscan.html |access-date=26 March 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 June 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hales |first1=Linda |title=Striking Silver at The Italian Embassy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2006/09/10/striking-silver-at-the-italian-embassy/46aae661-a748-4186-9f59-d5a4018cb2ed/ |access-date=26 March 2023 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=10 September 2006}}</ref>

==Old Embassy==
[[File:2700 16th Street NW Washington, D.C.jpg|thumb|left|Former chancery of the Italian Embassy]]
Previously the embassy had been based at 2700 16th Street and Fuller Street, in an ornate and historic, but small, facility. Several of the embassy's offices had to be based elsewhere in Washington, and it was thus decided to build a new chancery.

The Neo-Renaissance building was completed in 1925 and was designed by architects [[Warren and Wetmore]] (their designs include [[Grand Central Terminal]] in New York City). The first Italian ambassador to reside in the home was [[Giacomo De Martino]]. In 1977, Ambassador [[Roberto Gaja]] moved the residence to [[Villa Firenze]] (Firenze House) in the [[Forest Hills (Washington, D.C.)|Forest Hills]] neighborhood. The 16th Street building continued to serve as the chancery until 2002, when it was purchased by developers. Their plans to convert the building into condominiums are being challenged by the city's Historic Preservation Office.

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book|author=[[Gaetano Cortese]]|title=The Embassy of Italy Washington|publisher=Stabilimenti Tipografici Carlo Colombo|location=Roma|date=2011|url=http://baldi.diplomacy.edu/diplo/texts/Cortese_Potomac_2ed.pdf}} As described in {{Cite web|url=https://baldi.diplomacy.edu/diplo/booksres.htm|title=Libri fotografici sulle Rappresentanze diplomatiche italiane all'estero|author=[[Stefano Baldi]]|access-date=22 September 2022}}

==See also==
*[[Foreign relations of Italy]]
*[[Italian nationality law]]
*[[List of ambassadors of Italy to the United States]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C.}}
*[https://ambwashingtondc.esteri.it/ Embassy of Italy in Washington] {{in lang|it|en}}
*[http://wikimapia.org/#lat=38.9192192&lon=-77.0602083&z=16&l=0&m=b&show=/2978/Embassy-of-the-Italian-Republic wikimapia]
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