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Archival collections available to the public
WE ARE…
… a regional branch of the Ministry of Culture, dedicated to safeguarding, preserving and providing access to Sardinia’s documentary heritage. A public institution where the past becomes shared knowledge and a resource for the future.
WE PRESERVE…
… a heritage of documents, books and assets that bear witness to the past and tell the story of institutions, places, and communities.
WE ENHANCE…
… our cultural heritage through services, cultural activities, and research tools for the public, scholars, and students.
WE DESIGN…
… new ways to tell, share, and connect archives with society. A forward-looking perspective that balances distance and belonging, innovation and tradition, individual commitment and collective participation.
The Cagliari State Archives is a public institution that forms part of the national network of State Archives. It is responsible for protecting, preserving, and promoting the documentary heritage of the territory and the community.
This site is the gateway to the services, collection, and activities of the Cagliari State Archives.
It is a public digital space that guides, informs, and supports citizens, researchers, and the wider community in discovering the archives.
Through the site, users can learn about the institution, explore the documentary heritage, access services, and discover projects and initiatives.
The content is organised to offer different levels of detail: an introductory path for those beginning to get acquainted with the archive, and more in-depth paths for those seeking specific information.
We preserve the past
We rethink the future
Our heritage
We preserve a documentary heritage spanning more than four centuries, recounting the history of Sardinia’s institutions, territories, and communities.
The documents preserved by the Cagliari State Archives cover a period from the Middle Ages to the present day and provide material evidence of the island’s institutional, social, economic, and cultural history.
Maps, parchments, registers, and archives help convey the complexity of historical processes, making it possible to understand individuals, societies, and territories over time.
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Archival heritage is not conceived as a mere repository of documents, but as a collective memory entrusted to public responsibility.
Through preservation, arrangement, and description, the Archive makes this heritage accessible and transmissible over time, fostering research, study, and the informed use of sources.
In this perspective, custody is not a static act, but an ongoing process that allows memory to remain alive and meaningful both for present and future generations.
24.256
Linear metres of our shelving
95.123
Digital reproductions of part of our collections available for online consultation
50.987
Volumes, including books and journals available online
Our role
We value archival heritage by making it accessible, understandable, and shared with citizens and members of the academic community.
The Cagliari State Archives perform an essential public function as a bridge between documents and society.
Through preservation and research activities, consultation services and cultural initiatives, archival heritage is made accessible and usable for citizens, scholars, students, and institutions.
Enhancing it means ensuring conscious access to sources, supporting historical and legal research, but also promoting archival knowledge as a common good.
Services for the public
Access to documents, consultation in the study room and library, reproduction requests, as well as information and user assistance.
All services are designed to enable citizens, scholars, and professionals to access the archival and bibliographic collection.
Conservation and protection of the cultural heritage
Activities of preservation, conservation, arrangement, and supervision of archives, together with the restoration of documents.
The institutional functions through which the Archive ensures the physical and intellectual safeguarding of documentary memory and its transmission over time.
Memory education and specialist training
Training, educational, and advanced-specialist activities.
Courses for students, teachers, and researchers, including the School of Archival, Palaeography and Diplomatic Studies.
Information, dissemination and cultural promotion
Initiatives, projects and cultural activities that make the archive a living place, where memory is built and shared.
Exhibitions, meetings, narrative paths, and public history projects transform documents into opportunities for dialogue, participation, and discovery. All this makes the Archive a space open to the community and connected to the present.
The role of the Archive is not limited to preservation, but extends to the responsibility of making memory an active tool for knowledge, participation, and the protection of rights.
Through teaching, outreach, collaboration with organisations and institutions, and the use of digital tools, the Archive helps strengthen the relationship between documentary heritage and the community.
In this perspective, enhancement is a continuous process that accompanies the evolving needs of society and changing ways of accessing knowledge.
Memory is a common good: it grows when it is shared.
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Our Projects
We design new ways to tell the story of, share, and make accessible our archival heritage.
The project initiatives of the Cagliari State Archives are brought together under the Archivio e Orizzonti (Archives and horizons) brand. The latter is the umbrella through which the institution develops initiatives, experiments, and pathways of cultural innovation, with particular attention to the interplay between innovation and tradition.
Within this framework, the Archive explores new tools, new initiatives, and new ways of enjoying documentary heritage. It promotes dialogue with the worlds of research, education and culture and strengthens the link between archives, communities, and the territory.
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Archivio e Orizzonti is not just a section of the site, but a vision of the future. In fact, this is a space where stewardship of the past is intertwined with the ability to question the present and imagine the future.
In this context, cultural projects, digital initiatives, collaborations, and experimental activities converge to renew archival practices and forms of access to knowledge.
The project dimension thus becomes a tool for rethinking the role of the Archive as an open cultural infrastructure, capable of generating meaning, participation, and innovation over time.
Website section
A gateway to the main content and services of the Cagliari State Archives.
In addition to the section you are currently viewing, the website of the Cagliari State Archives is organised into thematic sections that respond to different needs for consultation, exploration, and participation.
Through these sections, users can explore the documentary heritage, learn about the institution’s activities, follow events and initiatives, access training pathways, and read editorial content devoted to archival history and culture.
Our Heritage
Eight centuries of documents on the history of Sardinia
Discover the structure of the Archive and the tools that allow you to explore its collections and search for documents.
Events
Exhibitions, meetings, guided tours, and workshops
Explore the ways in which the Archive engages with the community and its heritage becomes a public experience.
APD School
The School of Archival Science, Paleography, and Diplomatics
An advanced training school that prepares new generations of heritage experts.
Voci di Carta (Voices on paper)
The Archive tells the story of its heritage
“Voci di Carta” is the space where the Archive tells the story of its heritage through contemporary forms of expression and the testimonies of its users.
