Curia (disambiguation)

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

Curia may also refer to:

Historical organisations

• Curia feudalis, 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), 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
  • Curia of diocese, see diocesan chancery
• 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