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History of the company/bank and archive description for Banca di Roma
History of the
company/bank:		 Banca di Roma is the fruit of a multi-stage operation that began with the preparation of a stategic plan by Cassa di Risparmio di Roma, a regional savings bank founded in 1836. In 1989, Cassa di Risparmio di Roma acquired Banco di Santo Santo Spirito, a medium - sized bank also strongly rooted in central Italy, with the twofold aim of attaining a scale comparable to that of Italy ´s major banks and consolidating control of its regional market.
The most important stage of the plan was the merger between Banco di Santo Spirito, to which the banking activity of Cassa di Risparmio di Roma had been transferred, and Banco di Roma, one of Italy´s largest banks, with a nationwide network and branches or offices in the main financial centres abroad.
On 1 August 1992 Banca di Roma S.p.A. was thus born. The new bank is a member of the "Gruppo Bancaroma", and combines in one the spirit of enterprise, strength and domestic and foreign reach of the three pre - existing institutions. With the acquisition of Banca Nazionale dell´ Agricoltura, Banca Manager SpA, Mediocredito di Roma SpA and of Banca Mediterranea SpA, the "Gruppo Bancaroma" is one of Italy´s largest banking groups in terms of branches (1.164) and staff (19.881 employees) and ranks very close to the top in terms of assets, deposits and loans* [*The figures refer to the end of December 1998].
Banca di Roma´s foreign network comprises 17 main branches and 8 representative offices, as well as the 22 branches of its French subsidiary Banque Générale du Commerce and the two main branches of Banca di Roma International and Banca Italo - Albanese.
Archive description Banca di Roma was born on 1 August 1992 and inherited the historical documents of three important Banks in Rome. Banco di Santo Spirito (founded in 1605), Cassa di Risparmio di Roma (1836), Banco di Roma (1880), and Monte di Pietà di Roma (1539), which was merged into Cassa di Risparmio di Roma in 1937.

Banco di Santo Spirito. The records generated by Banco di Santo Spirito reflect the principal financial activities in the Papal States. The Banco di Santo Spirito collection is located at Piazza del Monte di Pietà, 33. It measures 350 linear metres. The main series run from the year of foundation (1605) up to 1870. There is also a small nucleus of more recent documents, up to 1960. The documentation is composed of volumes, registers and folders. The analytical inventory has been revised and compiled preparatory to its publication in the near future.

Cassa di Risparmio di Roma. The structure and management of the Cassa di Risparmio di Roma collection was divided between two repositories with documents belonging to Monte di Pietà di Roma and Cassa di Risparmio di Roma. In the reorganization, the papers of the two institutions were separated and arranged, and descriptive inventories prepared. The Cassa di Risparmio di Roma collection is located in Piazza del Monte di Pietà, 33 and measures 350 linear metres. The papers span the period from the Cassa´s foundation in 1836 to the 1960s. The collection is composed of folders and registers. The analytical inventory has been revised and compiled preparatory to its publication in the near future.

Banco di Roma. The Banco di Roma collection is located at Via del Corso 307. It measures approximately 550 linear metres and covers the period from the foundation of Banco di Roma in 1880 to the mid - 1960s. The documents are in the form of registers and folders and have been arranged and described. The analytical inventory has been revised and compiled preparatory to its publication in the near future. The Photographic Collection is composed of around 20,000 plates, negatives and prints, mainly of buildings owned by the bank, along with some 200 large - format images (panels and posters).

Monte di Pietà di Roma. The Monte di Pietà collection kept by Banca di Roma consists of the papers inherited by Cassa di Risparmio di Roma when the Monte was merged into the Cassa. The Monte di Pietà collection is located at Piazza del Monte di Pietà 33. It measures 250 linear metres and covers the period from the Monte´s foundation in 1539 until its merger into Cassa di Risparmio di Roma in 1937. The holdings consist of bundles, volumes, registers and folders. The analytical inventory has been revised and compiled preparatory to its publication in the near future.
Publications BANCO DI SANTO SPIRITO:
  • Banco di Santo Spirito, Ufficio Studi: Il Banco di Santo Spirito nel passato e nel presente. Rome, Poligrafica Laziale, 1951.
  • Il Credito Fondiario del Banco di Santo Spirito in Roma, dall´ aprile 1874 a tutto l´anno 1882. Monografia con allegati. Tipografia Elzeviriana nel Ministero delle Finanze. Roma, 1883.
  • Monaco, M.: Le finanze pontificie al tempo di Paolo V. (1605 - 1621). La fondazione del primo banco pubblico in Roma (Banco di Santo Spirito). Lecce, Milella, 1974.
  • Ponti, E.: Il Banco di Santo Spirito fondato da Paolo V. con breve del 13 dicembre 1605. Rome, Ferri, 1941.
  • Ponti, E.: Il Banco di Santo Spirito e la sua funzione economica in Roma Papale (1605 - 1870). Rome, Poligrafica Laziale, 1951.
CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI ROMA:
  • Cassa di Risparmio di Roma: Monografia storico - statistica dalla fondazione (14 agosto 1836) all`anno 1910. Rome, Calzone, 1911.
  • D´Errico, R.: Aspetti di una gestione bancaria ottocentesca. La Cassa di Risparmio di Roma dal 1836 al 1890. ESI 1999.
BANCO DI ROMA:
  • Giuggioli, A.: Cronache del centenario 1880 - 1980. Banco di Roma, Roma 1981.
  • Banco di Roma, Ufficio Studi: Archivio Storico del Banco di Roma. Rome 1991.
  • De Rosa, G.: Storia del Banco di Roma, III. Rome, Banco di Roma, 1984.
  • De Rosa, L.: Storia del Banco di Roma, I. Rome, Banco di Roma, 1982.
  • De Rosa, L.: Storia del Banco di Roma, II. Rome, Banco di Roma, 1983.
  • Sassi, S.: La vita di una banca attraverso i suoi bilanci. Il Banco di Roma dal 1880 al 1933. Bologna, Il Mulino, 1986.
MONTE DI PIETA` DI ROMA:
  • Tamilia, D.: Il Sacro Monte di Pietà di Roma. Ricerche storiche e documenti inediti. Rome, Forzani e C., 1900.
  • Tosi, M.: Il Sacro Monte di Pietà di Roma e le sue Amministrazioni. Rome, Libreria dello Stato, 1937.
BANCA DI ROMA:
  • Banca di Roma. L´Archivio storico della Banca di Roma. Roma, 1996.
PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS:
  • Castronovo, V.: Cassa di Risparmio di Roma. Monografia storico-istituzionale. Banca di Roma, 1999.
  • De Rosa, L.: Banco di Roma. Monografia storico-istituzionale. Banca di Roma, 1999.
  • De Matteo, L.: banco di Santo Spirito. Monografia storico-istituzionale. Banca di Roma, 1999.
  • Travaglini, C.M.: Monte di Pietà di Roma. Monografia storico-istituzionale. Banca di Roma, 1999.
  • Banca di Roma. L´Archivio storico della Banca di Roma. 2´ edizione. Roma, 1999.
Conditions of use The Historical Archives´ offices are at Via del Corso, 307 - I-00186 Rome (entrance at Via Alessandro Specchi, 16).
The documents are located in Piazza del Monte di Pietà, 33 - I-00186 Rome (The Monte di Pietà, the Banco di Santo Spirito and the Cassa di Risparmio di Roma collections) and in Via del Corso, 307 - I-00186 Rome (The Banco di Roma Collection). Admission is by appointment only. Users must have the authorization issued by the Soprintendenza archivistica per il Lazio (Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 209).

The Archives are closed to the public during the last two weeks of July and the month of August.

The Records of non - confidential transactions whose completion dates back more than forty years may be consulted by researchers who submit a reasoned application in connection with their research and by Bank personnel in the line of duty. Confidential records consist of record series regarding purely private transactions of individuals or transactions and documents relating to the Bank´s activity that have been designated as confidential according with the Soprinten- dente archivistico per il Lazio.

Subject to authorization by the Manager of the Historical Archives, confidential records may be consulted if seventy years have elapsed since the transaction was completed.

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