Consulta Araldica

The Consulta Araldica (English: Heraldic Consult) was a college instituted by royal decree on 10 October 1869 to advise the Italian government on noble titles, coats of arms and related matters.

It was a department of the Ministry of the Interior, combining the roles of the various heraldic colleges which had existed in pre-unification Italy, including the Tribunale Araldico of Lombardy, the Commissione Araldica of Venice and the Congregazione Araldica Capitolina of Rome.

The Consulta Araldica[1] was dissolved following the adoption of the Constitution of the Italian Republic in 1948 and the abolition of state recognition and regulation of noble titles.

[citation needed] For Italian titles please refer to the Consulta Araldica's official directories approved by the Council of Ministers and by Royal Decree – Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Italiana.

This article was originally based on its counterpart in the Italian Wikipedia, as retrieved on 2006-09-24: Consulta Araldica.

Arms of the Camondo family , granted in 1868 by the Consulta Araldica.