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- 1825 - 1872 (Creation)
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18 items (volumes)
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Biographical history
For the history of the Consulate see: Lisi, Rete consolare (2024), p. 158-167.
The Consulate of the Kingdom of Sardinia in Beirut is established in 1825. In November 1825 the first ruling consul was installed. The district includes the territory covering Palestine, Syria, the Pascialik of Aleppo, and the island of Cyprus.
In 1833, the Consulate was downgraded to a Vice-Consulate; from that date until 1842, the Vice-Consulate was dependent on the Consulate General in Alexandria, Egypt.
From 1842, the Vice-Consulate of Beirut, following the establishment of the Consulate of Jerusalem, was placed under the authority of the Consulate General of Constantinople.
In 1845, Haifa, Damascus and Tyre, which had become dependent on the Consulate in Jerusalem, returned to dependence on Beirut.
In 1849, following the closure of the Consulate in Jerusalem, the office in Beirut was elevated to the rank of consulate.
During the long term the consuls are:
- Gerolamo Bobone, ruling viceconsul (1825-1827)
- Giovanni Bianco, ruling viceconsul then consul (1827-1834)
- Giuseppe Bondesio, ruling viceconsul (1834-1836)
- Antonio Repetto, viceconsul (1836-1839)
- Giovanni Battista Carpenetti, viceconsul (1839-1841)
- Luigi Lenchantin, viceconsul (1841-1842)
- Luigi Gobbi, viceconsul then consul (1843-1854)
- Gaetano Villanis, ruling viceconsul (1854-)
Temporary regencies of: Giuseppe Antonio Pagano, Stefano Berzolese, Luigi Pinna, Luigi Cerruti. In 1856, shortly, William Moore, British consul
Archival history
The volumes are preserved in the "Italian Consulate in Beirut (1825-1940)" fund. The "ancient" archive consists of volumes in the "Registers" series.
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Consisting of copies of correspondence sent by consuls during that period and a few other registers
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The collection was organized and described in 2015. The volume numbers refer to Simona Raccuia's inventory.
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S. Raccuia, Rappresentanze consolari d'Italia in Libano (1825-1940), in "Storia & Diplomazia", III, 1-2 (gennaio - dicembre 2015)
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Ship traffic in the port of Beirut (1825-1859). A graph (by Costanza Lisi for archiviconsolari.it)
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- Lenchantin, Luigi (Subject)
- Bondesio, Giuseppe (Subject)
- Pinna, Luigi (Subject)
- Villanis, Gaetano (Subject)
- Carpenetti, Giovanni Battista (Subject)
- Pagano, Giuseppe Antonio (Subject)
- Repetto, Antonio (Subject)
- Gobbi, Luigi (Subject)
- Bobone, Girolamo (Subject)
- Bianco, Giovanni (Subject)
- Cerruti, Luigi (Subject)
- Berzolese, Stefano (Subject)
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Description by Costanza Lisi