31 August 2026
Archivitaly Access Watch #22 covers the week from Monday 31 August to Sunday 6 September 2026. The end of the main August closure period restores normal access at many Italian archives, but significant restrictions remain. Building works continue to affect reading rooms and deposits, a number of archival series remain temporarily unavailable, and several institutions are still operating reduced summer schedules, restricted retrieval services or revised access procedures. The entries below include only institutions for which an access disruption relevant to this week was identified in official institutional information checked immediately before publication.
At a glance: archive disruptions in Italy
Access disruptions identified this week affect Agrigento, Alessandria, Arezzo, Asti, Avellino, Belluno, Bologna, Cagliari, Caserta, Catania, Chieti, Cuneo, Firenze, Genova, Gorizia, Latina, Lucca, Macerata, Messina, Modena, Palermo, Parma, Perugia, Pesaro, Pistoia, Rimini, Roma, Rovigo, Teramo, Terni, Torino, Udine, Verona and Vicenza.
Agrigento
Archivio di Stato di Agrigento
Disruption: A number of archival units remain excluded from consultation until further notice for archival work, digitisation and research connected with institutional PNRR projects.
Affected holdings: Corporazioni religiose soppresse, inv. 46, bb. 428 and 471; Atti del Gabinetto della Prefettura di Agrigento, inv. 18, b. 98; Intendenza e Atti della Prefettura di Agrigento, inv. 26, bb. 227, 229, 230, 231, 234, 237 and 241; Atti finanziari e di Pubblica Sicurezza, inv. 32, bb. 13, 29, 46, 61, 62, 63, 68, 210, 351, 353, 360 and 658.
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Alessandria
Archivio di Stato di Alessandria
Disruption: Remote genealogical-research requests remain suspended until further notice because of organisational problems and staff shortages.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Arezzo
Archivio di Stato di Arezzo
Disruption: Access to both the Sala di studio and Sala Catasto is by reservation only. For safety reasons, only one user per day is admitted to each room, and each user may book no more than one day per week.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Asti
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Asti
Disruption: The archive remains closed on Monday 31 August, the final day of its summer closure. The service for requests concerning sacramental-register records is also suspended during the closure. The archive reopens on Wednesday 2 September. Monday is normally an opening day, so the closure directly affects this week.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Avellino
Archivio di Stato di Avellino
Disruption: The summer timetable remains in force until 18 September 2026. During the week covered by this Watch, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday therefore retain reduced opening hours compared with the ordinary timetable.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Belluno
Archivio Diocesano di Belluno-Feltre
Disruption: The archive is within its annual summer closure period, which runs from 1 August to 15 September. It is therefore closed throughout the week covered by this Watch.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Bologna
Archivio di Stato di Bologna
Disruption: Works at the Complesso dei Celestini continue to restrict consultation. The temporary exclusion of medieval holdings ended on 16 August and is therefore not relevant to this Watch; however, specified units from the Corporazioni religiose soppresse and a separate group of fonds remain unavailable until 31 December 2026.
Affected holdings: Corporazioni religiose soppresse: Abbazia di S. Stefano di Bologna, nn. 97/1033–128/1064; Abbazia di S. Maria delle Grazie di Bologna, nn. 1/1065–13/1077; S. Bartolomeo di Porta Ravegnana – Padri Teatini, nn. 1/1078–7/1084; Monastero del Corpus Domini detto anche La santa – Francescane, nn. 113/1238–172/1297; Monastero dei SS. Vitale e Agricola – Benedettine, nn. 3/3152–51/3200; Monastero di S. Agnese – Domenicane, nn. 79/5669–105/5695; Monastero dei SS. Naborre e Felice – Clarisse, nn. 1/5696–38/5733; Monastero di S. Mattia – Domenicane, nn. 27/5788–53/5814 bis; Monastero di S. Omobono, detto anche S. Maria della Pace – Servite, nn. 1/5815–21/5835; Convento di S. Girolamo – Padri Certosini, nn. 22/5877–39/5884 bis; S. Maria di Galliera – Padri Filippini, nn. 1/5884 ter–35/5918; S. Maria dei Servi – Padri Serviti, nn. 73/6163–123/6213 and 166/6256–187/6277; S. Maria dei Servi detta d’Ognissanti – Terziarie servite, nn. 1/6278–15/6292; S. Maria Maddalena – Domenicane, nn. 1/6293–25/6317. Also excluded are Amministrazione dei Beni demaniali; Atti stato civile Dipartimento del Reno; Ufficio di polizia del Dipartimento del Reno; Contabilità di Legazione; Corpo reale del Genio Civile; Ufficio dei Vicariati; Istituto di cura e riposo Giovanni XXIII ed opere annesse; Compagnia e conservatorio di Santa Maria del Baraccano; Conservatorio di S. Croce, poi S. Croce e S. Giuseppe uniti; Sottoprefettura di Vergato; Ispettorato, poi Direzione provinciale di Polizia. The Dipartimento del Reno civil-status registers are available digitally through the Antenati portal.
Official links here and here
Cagliari
Archivio di Stato di Cagliari
Disruption: Building and logistical works continue to affect access. Sala di studio consultation remains subject to advance booking, with requests to be sent at least 48 hours before the intended visit. Several fonds remain temporarily excluded; the Distretto militare di Cagliari – Serie fogli matricolari is unavailable until further notice, and consultation of the Institute Library’s periodicals is suspended until 31 December 2026.
Affected holdings: Distretto militare di Cagliari – Serie fogli matricolari; Controllo Generale; Stato civile; Corte d’Assise di Cagliari; Tribunale, Sentenze civili; Pretura di Cagliari, Sentenze penali. Periodicals in the Institute Library are also unavailable until 31 December 2026.
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Archivio Storico Diocesano di Cagliari
Disruption: The latest official notice states that the archive closed from 20 July for its summer break and that the reopening date would be communicated subsequently. At the time of the final check, no later reopening notice was identified; the open-ended closure notice therefore remains relevant for the week ahead.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Caserta
Archivio di Stato di Caserta
Disruption: The summer service remains Monday–Friday only. Saturday opening resumes on 19 September, so Saturday 5 September remains unavailable during the week covered by this Watch.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Catania
Archivio di Stato di Catania
Disruption: The ordinary Sala di studio remains unavailable because of refurbishment works. Three temporary consultation stations are operating until further notice. Access to the temporary space requires the use of stairs, not all deposits are accessible, and researchers are advised to verify the availability of their intended fonds when booking.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Chieti
Archivio di Stato di Chieti
Disruption: Consultation of population and civil-status registers remains temporarily restricted until further notice. Registers not included in the archive’s published list of currently available material cannot be consulted either in person or through correspondence research.
Affected holdings: Currently available are registers from Altino to Sant’Eusanio del Sangro, Circondario di Lanciano, 1865–1871, and from Palena to Villa Santa Maria, 1818–1865. Other population and civil-status registers covered by the notice are temporarily unavailable.
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Cuneo
Archivio di Stato di Cuneo
Disruption: Major restrictions remain in force during building works. The Sala di studio is open only on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10:00–15:00, by appointment booked by the preceding Friday. Until the works are completed, only three fonds are consultable.
Affected holdings: Only Catasto, Dipartimento della Stura and Distretto Militare are currently consultable; the remainder of the archival holdings are unavailable under the published restriction.
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Firenze
Archivio di Stato di Firenze
Disruption: The Catasto Lorenese remains completely excluded from consultation until 31 December 2026 for arrangement work, with no exceptions. In addition, on 1 September the archive warns of possible disruption to user-account management and access to the Sala studio platform because of the Ministry’s IAM system migration.
Affected holdings: Catasto Lorenese. On 1 September, general access to the Sala studio digital platform may also be affected.
Official links here and here
Archivio Storico Arcivescovile di Firenze
Disruption: The archive remains closed on Monday 31 August, the final day of its annual 1–31 August summer closure. Monday is ordinarily an opening day.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Genova
Archivio di Stato di Genova
Disruption: Specific archival units remain excluded from consultation, approximately until 15 September, because of conservation work.
Affected holdings: Notai di Genova, I sezione, nn. 2345–2375; Intendenza Generale poi Prefettura di Genova, Gabinetto 1815–1879, nn. 401–423.
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Gorizia
Archivio di Stato di Gorizia
Disruption: Because of technical maintenance to building systems, the number of available Sala di studio places remains temporarily reduced to four. Access is by reservation.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Latina
Archivio di Stato di Latina
Disruption: On Monday 31 August the Sala di studio remains under the temporary August timetable and closes at 13:00. Ordinary hours resume after the end of the published 5–31 August period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Lucca
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Lucca
Disruption: The archive remains closed to the public until 14 September 2026 inclusive and will reopen on Tuesday 15 September. It is therefore closed throughout the week covered by this Watch.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Macerata
Archivio di Stato di Macerata
Disruption: The Macerata headquarters remains closed during the transfer of the archival holdings. In-person consultation and correspondence research and reproduction services have been suspended since 18 May 2026 for the duration of the move; the institution indicates reopening at the new headquarters after the summer.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Messina
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Messina
Disruption: The study rooms are closed to the public throughout August. Monday 31 August therefore remains affected; under the normal schedule, the archive would otherwise be open by appointment on Mondays.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Modena
Archivio di Stato di Modena
Disruption: The published summer timetable remains in force on Monday 31 August, when the Sala di studio is scheduled for 08:30–13:30. The same service page also carries a temporary safety-related remodelling of the public service and requires users to contact the Sala di studio by email to verify availability, access turns and the material requested. Because these published arrangements overlap, researchers should confirm their intended access before travelling.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Palermo
Archivio di Stato di Palermo – Soprintendenza Archivistica della Sicilia
Disruption: On Monday 31 August the Palermo study rooms close at 13:30 under the temporary 3–31 August timetable. A group of fonds held at the Gancia site also remains excluded from consultation through 31 August because of building and deposit works. From 1 September, a new regulation for correspondence research enters into force.
Affected holdings: Carceri giudiziarie di Palermo; Circolo ferroviario d’ispezione; Commissione centrale di vaccinazione di Palermo; Commissione consultiva di Sicilia; Commissione dei Presidenti; Commissione della Consulta araldica siciliana; Commissione liquidatrice dei debiti dei comuni di Sicilia accollati dallo Stato; Commissione per l’esame dei titoli per le medaglie commemorative; Consulta di Sicilia; ISES – Istituto per lo sviluppo dell’edilizia sociale; Ispettorato per le nuove costruzioni ferroviarie – Ufficio di Palermo; Soprintendenza alle Grandi Prigioni, già Deputazione di Santa Maria – Visita carceri; Provveditorato agli studi – Refezione scolastica.
Official links here, here and here
Parma
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Parma
Disruption: The archive remains closed for its summer break from 17 June through 14 September 2026. It is therefore unavailable throughout the week covered by this Watch.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Perugia
Archivio di Stato di Perugia
Disruption: The Perugia headquarters remains closed to the public until further notice because of works affecting the cloister of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale dell’Umbria. No subsequent reopening notice was identified during the final check.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Pesaro
Archivio di Stato di Pesaro
Disruption: Because of high temperatures, retrieval of material stored in the second-floor deposit and the first-floor mezzanine is not carried out between 11:00 and 16:00. The notice has no stated expiry date and remains current; advance requests by the preceding day are strongly advised.
Affected holdings: Archival material stored in the second-floor deposit and first-floor mezzanine.
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Archivio Storico e Biblioteca Diocesana di Pesaro
Disruption: August is a fixed annual closure period. Since the archive’s ordinary schedule includes Monday openings, Monday 31 August remains a genuine closure within the week covered by this Watch.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Pistoia
Archivio di Stato di Pistoia
Disruption: The Pistoia headquarters remains closed because of continuing building works. Although correspondence and reproduction services may resume as deposit access is restored, consultation in the Sala di studio is explicitly suspended until 16 October 2026 because the building remains inaccessible to the public for safety reasons.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Rimini
Archivio di Stato di Rimini
Disruption: The summer access regime remains in force until 15 September. Opening hours are reduced; the morning capacity is limited to five users, including a maximum of four for cadastral research, and afternoon capacity to three users. Consultation is also subject to limits on the number of units that may be requested, and booking is through the online system.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Roma
Archivio Centrale dello Stato
Disruption: On Monday 31 August all public services remain on the August timetable, 09:00–14:00. Sala di studio retrieval is organised in three rounds: 09:30, 11:00 and 12:30, with a maximum of three, three and two archival units respectively.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Archivio di Stato di Roma
Disruption: The genealogical-military research service remains suspended through Monday 31 August. During the suspension, research requests cannot be processed; normal service resumes on 1 September. The restriction concerns this specific service and does not represent a closure of the Sala di studio.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Rovigo
Archivio di Stato di Rovigo
Disruption: Until further notice, archival material is retrieved only between 08:30 and 09:30 because of exceptionally high temperatures in the deposits, except in duly justified exceptional cases. Users are asked to book material sufficiently in advance through the Sala Studio portal.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Teramo
Archivio di Stato di Teramo
Disruption: The archive’s current summer notice states that every Friday the Sala di studio closes at 13:30 and that material is retrieved only at 09:30 and 11:00. The notice has not been replaced or withdrawn and therefore applies to Friday 4 September.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Terni
Archivio di Stato di Terni
Disruption: The August timetable remains applicable on Monday 31 August, when the Sala di studio operates 08:30–13:30 rather than its longer ordinary service.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Torino
Archivio di Stato di Torino
Disruption: The published summer timetable explicitly extends through 1–4 September. At the Sezione Corte, opening is 09:00–13:30 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and 13:30–18:00 on Thursday. At the Sezioni Riunite, the 31 August–4 September schedule is 09:00–13:30 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 13:30–18:00 on Wednesday. At both sites the mid-morning retrieval round is not guaranteed.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Udine
Archivio di Stato di Udine
Disruption: Following an update issued on 28 August, the Catasto deposit is temporarily inaccessible for safety reasons. Cadastral research in person and by correspondence is suspended throughout September, and a substantial group of fonds is temporarily excluded from consultation.
Affected holdings: Catasto storico, mappe e registri; Centro tutela minorile – Ufficio circondariale di Udine; Corte di Assise di Udine; Deputazione provinciale di Udine; Motorizzazione civile – Ufficio provinciale di Udine; ONAIRC; ONIG; Pretura di Cividale; Pretura di Udine; Pretura di Tolmezzo; Questura di Udine. For Tribunale di Udine – Cancelleria civile: Sentenze civili A336–A509; Verbali di causa Ba22–Ba64; Procedimenti civili Bb1–Bb54; Verbali divisioni giudiziali C8–C15; Registri sentenze vendite giudiziali D59–D89; Procedimenti fallimentari Gorizia Fa1–Fa2; Sentenze di fallimento Fb1; Verbali alienati G1–G87; Tutele orfani di guerra I1–I7; Rubriche e registri generali L1–L21. For Tribunale di Udine – Cancelleria penale: Sentenze penali A143–A218; Processi penali B155–B564; Registri generali penali Cb1–Cb6.
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Verona
Archivio di Stato di Verona
Disruption: Material remains temporarily unavailable for conservation treatment and post-production work connected with digitisation. The archive will announce when consultation resumes. Digital reproductions of the Ufficio del Registro, Istrumenti material are available at the Sala di studio computer workstation.
Affected holdings: Mensa Vescovile, Pergamene, bb. 1–5; Maleficio, regg. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 16; Antico Archivio del Comune, reg. 313, “Campion delle strade”; Orfanotrofio femminile, regg. 1.21–1.51; Ufficio del Registro, Istrumenti, regg. 20–251.
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Vicenza
Archivio di Stato di Vicenza
Disruption: On Monday 31 August, material retrieval remains limited to the published summer rounds at 08:50, 09:30 and 10:30. From 1 September, access to the study rooms is permitted only after registration through the Portale Archivi Italiani, with cadastral consultation also managed through the portal. The week therefore includes both a retrieval limitation and a change in access procedure.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Disclaimer
This report provides an overview of archive disruptions in Italy for the week ahead and is provided as a planning aid only. It is compiled from official notices, official institutional pages, and other publicly accessible institutional communications available at the time of publication. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timely updating, Archivitaly does not warrant that all information reported here is exhaustive, error-free, or still current at the time of consultation. Access conditions, consultation rules, opening hours, retrieval procedures, and temporary exclusions may change at very short notice, and institutions may amend, replace, remove, or publish notices without warning. Readers are therefore strongly advised to verify the current situation through the official links provided and, where access is essential, to confirm directly with the relevant institute before travelling or making research arrangements. Archivitaly accepts no liability for losses, delays, inconvenience, missed consultations, wasted travel, or other consequences arising from reliance on this post, including where notices are subsequently modified, withdrawn, corrected, or newly issued after publication.
