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The oldest documents in the Consulate fonds date back to 1843, to the foundation of the Consulate of Palestine during the Kingdom of Sardinia. According to the papers the Consulate closed in 1849 leaving the defence of the citizens to the Consulate of France.

The Royal Decree dated November 17th, 1871 establishes the Italian Consulate in Palestine. The papers cover the history of the Consulate until its closure, in June 10th, 1940. At that date the protection of Italian interests was entrusted to the Spanish Consulate. The activity of Consul Quinto Mazzolini and his Bureau in Rome (Ufficio Stralcio) lasted during 1943.

It includes only one file containing all the papers preserved. It consists mainly of institutional correspondence.
Activities of the Sardinian consuls:

• Luigi Lenchantin – Consul (March, 1843 – May 1844)
• Giuseppe Maria Adolfo Castellinard - Consul (July, 1845 – July 1849).

Relations with the Diplomatic mission in Constantinople; the Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs; the other consulates and the Ottoman administration; the other consuls of Kingdom of Sardinia and especially with Luigi Gobbi, consul in Beirut.

Transcription of the outgoing messages.

Relationship with the Custody of the Holy Land. Activity. Purchase and shipping of goods. Mail delivery. Clippings of printed materials. Receipts. Reports. Correspondence.
It contains: Al - Kouds (Jerusalem) - Journal Hebdomadaire, [1914].

Consular honours; protection of religious; Patriarch election; conflicts; incidents; relationships between the religious authorities and the Italian Consulate. Reports, memorandum and correspondence. Press clippings.
It contains: Supplement a l'Echo mensuel illustré de la Custodie Franciscaine de Terre Sainte, Missions Franciscaines d'Arménie, Mars 1896.

Transcription of the outgoing messages.