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Consulate

Italian Consulate, Larnaca

Larnaca, OTTOMAN

Consulate in Larnaca. 1 person in the register connected with it.

History

  1. 1868
    Riccardo Colucci became consul of the Kingdom of Italy in Cyprus (formerly vice-consul of the Two Sicilies in 1850).

    Riccardo ColucciPaolo 2012Soldi 2025, p. 11

  2. 5 May 1869
    The Foreign Ministry told the Ministry of Public Instruction that Colucci, "moved by the example of his colleagues of France, England and America", meant to ask for a firman to dig for the Kingdom's museums (through the legation at Constantinople).

    Riccardo ColucciPaolo 2010

  3. 18 November 1870
    Colucci reported permission to dig "in some localities" and finds of "Phoenician civilisation"; announced a shipment of four baskets with 130 pieces. A second shipment of five cases followed (letter of 15 February 1871). About 244 objects in all.

    Riccardo ColucciPaolo 2010Soldi 2025, p. 11

  4. September 1872
    At the end of September 1872 Colucci was transferred to Scutari; he later complained that Palma di Cesnola may have had a hand in it.

    Riccardo ColucciLuigi Palma di CesnolaSoldi 2025, p. 11

People

1 person

Staff and members · 1

Sources

  1. 1.Silvana Di Paolo (2010). “"...dall'esempio dei suoi colleghi di Francia, Inghilterra e d'America..." ovvero il collezionismo di emulazione: la raccolta Colucci nel quadro dell'archeologia cipriota della seconda metà del XIX secolo”. Researches in Cypriote History and Archaeology, 75-83. Florence, Florence University Press.
  2. 2.S. Di Paolo (2012). “From Italy to Cyprus and back again. Completed research and ongoing projects”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42, 325-346.
  3. 3.Sebastiano Soldi (2025). “The Italian entomologist Giacomo Cecconi and Cyprus: a step towards the formation of the Cypriot collection in the National Archaeological Museum of Florence”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, 93-.