"The organization in Rome in 2009 of the 13th edition of the World Championships of the aquatic disciplines is a another important international recognition for the city and the entire territory. An event which will draw hundreds of athletes and thousands of spectators is a bet on organizational efficiency and an additional opportunity for economical development. The Region, through its Cultural and Sports Local Authority and the Regional Agency for Sport, is committed to guarantying a contribution to ensure the success of the event which will also play an important role in the promotion of sport disciplines in which Italy has produced and continues to produce champions.
Best wishes of good work to us all."

Piero Marrazzo - President of the Lazio Region





The Lazio is an "open" region, historically and culturally vowed to encounter with the other European, Mediterranean and World territories where the past merges with the present and the future.
Lazio is a special region: a land which has its toes dipping in the Mediterranean and its head in Europe. We have a specific vocation from which we cannot and do not wish to break from.
We are a region which has for centuries dialogued culturally and sealed economical relationships with the other European great realities. However we also have a long history and solid Mediterranean roots. Our See is a strong and palpable presence which the territory's inhabitants do not consider as a mere geographical border, but as a communication root, a bridge, a link which unites us with distant Countries and people. Europe and the Mediterranean are two horizons within which we were born, we live and wish to continue to grow. We place this euromediterranean vocation at the service of an integration process which is fundamental for the future of all.