Curia (disambiguation)

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Curia in ancient Rome referred to one of the original groupings of the citizenry.

Curia may also refer to:

Historical organisations

  • Curia feudalis [hr], in medieval times, a suzerain lord's court, council and court of justice, consisting of vassals
    • Curia regis, in England and France
    • Curia Regia, in Hungary and in the Pyrenean Peninsula
    • Curia ducis, in Italy
    • Magna Curia, in the kingdom of Sicily

Law and politics

  • CVRIA or Court of Justice of the European Union, the institution of the European Union that encompasses the whole judiciary
  • Curia (elections) [de], separate electoral colleges in the curial electoral system
  • Curia of Hungary, also known as the Supreme Court of Hungary

Christian organisations

  • Curia (Catholic Church), an official body that governs a particular Church in Roman Catholicism
    • Roman Curia, the group of administrative institutions of the Holy See
    • Diocesan curia [de], curia of diocese
  • Prima Curia, a church and spiritual organization based on ancient teachings of Jesus Christ

Places

  • Curia (land) or Courland, one of the historical and cultural regions in western Latvia
  • Curia, Graubünden or Chur, a town in Switzerland

Buildings

  • Curia Hostilia, first meeting house of the Roman Senate
  • Curia Cornelia, second meeting house of the Roman Senate
  • Curia Julia, third meeting house of the Roman Senate
  • Curia of Pompey, meeting house of the Roman Senate
  • Curia Confoederationis Helveticae, the building housing the Swiss Federal Assembly and Federal Council

Plants

  • Justicia pectoralis, an herb also known as curia
  • Ayapana triplinervis, a tropical plant also known as curia

People

  • Curia (wife of Quintus Lucretius) (c. 60–5 BC), ancient Roman woman who hid her husband
  • Curia gens, an ancient Roman family
  • Francesco Curia (1538–1610), Italian painter

Other uses

  • CURIA (Cork University and Royal Irish Academy), a project to create a corpus of Irish texts, now called CELT
  • Curia TV, an American streaming service

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Curia
Topics referred to by the same term
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