A Roma! Guide di viaggio, immagini della città

The Sala Alessandrina of the Library of the same name at the Archivio di Stato di Roma hosts A Roma! Guide di viaggio, immagini della città (To Rome! Travel guides, images of the city).

Through travel and accommodation guides, maps of the city, and documents on the hospitality offered to travellers and pilgrims with testimonies ranging from the 16th to the 20th century, the exhibition allows you to experience a closer look at Rome's changes, its stratifications, and its incomparable beauty.

Located in the heart of the Baroque city and fully inserted into the urban cultural fabric, a stone's throw from Piazza Navona and the Pantheon, the State Archives of Rome preserves an impressive documentary heritage consisting mainly of documents produced by the central administrative bodies and judicial authorities of the Papal State from the 15th century to 1870, when the Papal State ended with the annexation of Rome and Lazio to Italy.

To these must be added other notable archival funds received in various ways by the Institute, including those of Roman hospitals, families, and individuals, religious corporations, brotherhoods, as well as the thousands of notarial protocols and a collection of about 20,000 parchments (the oldest is dated 883). Finally, for the post-unification period, the State Archives of Rome is institutionally responsible for receiving and storing the archives of the peripheral offices of the Italian State based in Rome and its province, such as the Prefecture, the Police Headquarters, the Civil Engineers, Judicial offices, now kept at the branch office located in via di Galla Placidia, in operation since 1997.

Since 1936, the Institute has been housed in the monumental complex of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, the ancient seat of the Studium Urbis, the University of Rome, established by Pope Boniface VIII in 1303.

The programme may be subject to change

Photo: State Archives of Rome - Sala Alessandrina