State Archives of Bari


The State Archives of Bari is the repository of documents and archives of public ownership in the city of Bari.
It was established as a provincial archive, as a result of the decree of 22 October 1812 by Joachim Murat and the subsequent organic law of 1818 on the Archives of the Kingdom. It was originally located at the Ospedale degli Svizzeri, and in 1831 it was moved to the Palazzo dell'Intendenza. For two years in 1936–37 it was housed at the Palazzo della Provincia.
Since 2007, the archive together with the has been housed at the Cittadella della Cultura. This complex was originally built in the early 20th century as a slaughterhouse and municipal fish market.
The Scuola Statale di Archivistica, Paleografia e Diplomatica has been in operation since 1974, and it carries out training tasks for the technical and scientific staff of the archives' administration. It is also open to external students who hold a secondary school diploma.