The
Senate of the Republic is a house of the bicameral
Italian Parliament (the other being the
Chamber of Deputies). It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but previously existed during the
Kingdom of Italy as
Senato del Regno (Senate of the Kingdom), itself a continuation of the
Senato Subalpino (Subalpine Senate) of Sardinia-Piedmont established on 8 May 1848. Members of the Senate are styled
Senator or
The Honourable Senator (Italian:
Onorevole Senatore) and they meet at
Palazzo Madama,
Rome.