'Call me Virginia' Rome's new mayor enters City Hall Virginia Raggi, Rome's first female mayor, takes office at Rome's City Hall, arriving in an electric car with a pledge to revitalise the flagging Eternal City. Admitting she was not crazy about the Italian term for "lady mayor," (sindaca), Raggi tells reporters on the steps of the Michelangelo-designed City Hall: "If you like, you can just call me Virginia." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES