The Institute, established as a Section of the State Archive by Ministerial Decree on June 7, 1941, in application of the law of December 22, 1939, no. 2006, became a State Archive following the Presidential Decree of September 30, 1963, no. 1409. The Section incorporated archival collections, mostly from the Arezzo community chancery, which Ubaldo Pasqui, a local history scholar, had gathered since 1885 into a single, large documentary complex.
The main nuclei consisted of the archive of the ancient Municipality, archives of numerous jurisdictional bodies of the Tuscan State, a number of funds belonging to religious corporations, hospitals, church works and other city institutions and, moreover, various parchments, cadastral acts, and different documents.
Palazzo Albergotti
The Palace is part of a building complex, formed by joining buildings that belonged to noble families of the Guelf faction in Arezzo (Camaiani, Sassoli, Albergotti). These buildings were constructed at the final section of the Borgo Maestro (the current Corso Italia). Indeed, the building – dating back to the 14th century – is located at the intersection between Corso Italia and Via degli Albergotti and initially belonged to the latter powerful family, like all the major constructions along the eponymous street. The corner portion, from the 13th century, derives from a remnant of a pre-existing tower.
The building, extensively remodeled in the Renaissance period, was restored at the beginning of the 20th century; the last intervention dates back to the decorations by Galileo Chini and the creation of the entrance from Via degli Albergotti. From this entrance, you currently access the rooms of the State Archive, whose collections of acts and documents occupy the entire structure. On the lower side (facing Corso Italia) is the distinctive Torre della Bigazza, built in the 14th century, later “cut off” and then raised again, with a questionable 20th-century intervention.
Information about State Archive of Arezzo
Piazza del Commissario, 1
Arezzo (Arezzo)
057520803 – 0575354007
as-ar@beniculturali.it
https://www.archiviostato.arezzo.it/
Source: MIBACT
