Dieci savi alle decime in Rialto
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Country
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IT
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Name of institution (English)
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State Archives of Venice
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Language of name of institution
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ita
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Contact information: postal address
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Campo dei Frari, San Polo 3002, 30125 Venice
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Contact information: phone number
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0039 0415222281
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Contact information: email
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as-ve@archivi.beniculturali.it
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Reference number
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Dieci savi alle decime in Rialto
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (English)
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Ten wise men to the decime
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Title (official language of the state)
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Dieci savi alle decime in Rialto
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Language of title
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ita
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Creator / accumulator
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Dieci savi alle decime in Rialto
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Date(s)
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1514/1797
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Language(s)
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ita
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Extent
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2,035 storage units
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Physical condition
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Good
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Scope and content
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The Dieci savi alle decime in Rialto comprises documentation related to the collection of the "decima" (tenth). It includes different types of documents, such as copies of laws, inventories of goods and properties, registers of notification, pleas, correspondence, notifications, confiscations, appeals, etc., from the 16th to the 18th century.
It includes four units related to the Jewish community of Venice from the 17th to the 18th century, namely lists of the owners of properties in the Ghetto Novo (new ghetto) in 1661 (425), in the Ghetto Vecchio (old ghetto) in the same year of 1661 (426) and in 1713-1714 (433), as well as in the Ghetto Vecchio, Nuovo e Nuovissimo (old, new and all-new ghettos) in 1739 (440).
These documents are available online on:
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Judaica Europeana Project
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Archival history
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After its foundation, the college of the Dieci savi alle decime in Rialto was established in the Rialto area of Venice in 1477. On January 10, 1514, a fire destroyed the original building and all its archive. A new palace was then built following a project by Antonio Abbondi (1505-1549). The records of all assets owned by Venetians and those who lived in Venice were stored in the archive of the new palace. Between 1876 and 1879, many rooms of the building same place were allocated to the Archivio Generale di Venezia (General Archive of Venice) — later, the Archivio di Stato di Venezia — in order to solve the lack of storage areas for its holdings. In 1925, the office of the Magistrato alle acque per le province venete e di Mantova (1907-2014) was established in the old palace of the Dieci savi alle decime in Rialto, creating the pretext for the documentation to be moved all together.
At present, the documentation is held in the Archivio di Stato di Venezia.
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Administrative / Biographical history
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The "decima" (tenth) was a tax applied to the inhabitants of Venice and it was equal to ten per cent of the income of stable assets. It was only introduced by the Senate on June 15, 1463, relatively late in comparison to other European territories. The objective was to support war expenses.
The preparation of lists of goods and properties that defined the amount to be charged was entrusted to a commission of "savi" (literally, wise man). They were responsible for the definition of the tax to be charged in each case, which could be disputed by the owners if they assumed the evaluation was not fair. From May 6, 1617, besides the "decima", a new tax was applied, the "campatico", an extraordinary tax on land owned by Venetians in the "terraferma" (mainland).
The palace of the Dieci savi alle decime was established in the Rialto area on November 15, 1477. The ten "savi" formed a college endowed with first-degree jurisdiction in "materie di competenza" (matters of competence) and second-degree jurisdiction over its own deeds and other financial offices.
After 1797, the taxation system was gradually altered in the territories under Napoleonic control. In 1808, a new tax, called "estimi provvisori", was applied in the territories of the Dogado of Venice.
The "decima" was finally extinct on July 14, 1887.
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Sources:
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Archivio di Stato di Venezia online database
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Jemolo, Arturo Carlo. 1939. “Decima.” In Enciclopedia Italiana, XII:460–61. Milan: Istitvto Giovanni Treccani.
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System of arrangement
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The fonds has a double numbering: one is progressive for the entire fond (1 to 2036); the other restarts from 1 for each series. The first is used to request documents.
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Access, restrictions
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Original documents are excluded from consultation but available in microfilms.
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Author of the description
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Kevin Soares, 2022
