Viterbo

For 2025 the Department of Finance lists a four-bracket municipal IRPEF surcharge for Viterbo, from 0.75% to 0.80%, with no exemption threshold shown. Rents, prices per square metre and the transport pass are in the data.

In Viterbo the municipality publishes the provisional scores of public-housing (ERP) applications and rankings updated on 30 June and 31 December. Since 2026 the share of municipal homes reserved for housing emergencies is allocated with a points system. It takes rent-support applications online and publishes the form for the involuntary-arrears fund. Rents and prices are in the data.

The Comune di Viterbo portal groups services by category: registry and civil status (change of residence, certificates, registration for EU citizens), environment and waste, nurseries. Appointments and fault reports are handled online.

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

Local public transport is run by the Comune di Viterbo (Settore I, Local Public Transport Office). In July 2026 the Comune and Cotral signed a protocol to redevelop the Cotral terminus at Riello as a mobility hub. The pass price is in the data.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

Viterbo belongs to District B of the Viterbo ASL, based at the Cittadella della Salute, via E. Fermi 15. The city hospital is the Santa Rosa (formerly Belcolle), with an emergency room. GP choice, CUP and out-of-hours care are handled through the ASL's pages; the out-of-hours service answers on 116117.

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

According to the fifth Economic Report on Upper Lazio by the Rieti-Viterbo Chamber of Commerce, the province of Viterbo has 36,370 registered businesses, with agriculture at 30%; in 2025 exports grew by 9.5%. The Chamber's registered office is at via F.lli Rosselli 4 and the job centre is at via Cardarelli 57/59.

A VAT number (partita IVA) from the Agenzia delle Entrate for freelancers; for businesses the Comunicazione Unica to the Registro delle Imprese, which also notifies the Agenzia, INPS, INAIL and SUAP. Main forms: sole proprietorship, SNC/SAS, SRL and SRLS, SPA. Compulsory PEC, annual chamber fee, e-invoicing. Invitalia incentives; non-EU citizens need a self-employment permit or the investor visa.

The University of Tuscia has its main seat in the Santa Maria in Gradi complex, a Dominican convent as early as 1244. Housing for out-of-town students is assigned by DiSCo Lazio, which runs the Cardarelli and San Sisto residences in Viterbo.

The event that defines Viterbo is the transport of the Macchina di Santa Rosa, carried on shoulders by the Facchini on the evening of 3 September. The Museo del Sodalizio dei Facchini di Santa Rosa is in the medieval San Pellegrino quarter.

In the seismic classification published by the Civil Protection Department, Viterbo is in zone 2 (sub-zone 2B). ISPRA's IdroGEO platform shows no flood-hazard areas in the municipality; high and very high landslide-hazard areas cover about 2% of the territory, with 501 residents exposed.

Visitors see the Papal Palace, with its pointed-arch loggia and the Sala del Conclave, and the medieval San Pellegrino quarter with its "bridge" houses and profferli stairs. On the evening of 3 September the Macchina di Santa Rosa is carried through the streets.

The Italia.it portal describes piazza Verdi, where the Teatro dell'Unione opened in 1868, as a venue for cultural events, including the summer series «Piazze di Cinema». VisitLazio lists the yearly Christmas village in the historic centre and, on 5 January, the Befana stocking parade.