The building was for centuries the base of the "School" (lay confraternity) of flagellants of "Santa Maria dei Battuti" and it's next to the homonymous church. Born in center Italy in 1260, the flagellant movement rapidly spread towards north. The establishment of the confraternity in Belluno and the preparation of the relative registration date back to 1310.
In 1978 were first acquired the acts of the Military District and then those of the Prefecture, while a large amount of payments occurred during the 90’s. In 1994 the district notary Archives has paid the notaries acts of Belluno and province notarised from the fifteenth century until the Napoleonic age.
Significant transfers also occurred from the State Archives of Venice (mayor and head of Belluno; ASBL - mayor and head of Belluno, land registry c.d. napoleonic; Civil status; Matricular roles of the Military District), Treviso (Confraternities and corporations; Livinallongo-Ampezzo) and Trento (land registry c.d. Austrian, series K and OC).
The Archives also acquired some private archives of considerable interest for the history of Belluno, such as those of the Doglioni and Miari families, and the Prosdocimi Bank. The latest acquisitions (2002) concern the documentary heritage of some important religious corporations suppressed in Belluno, also coming from the State Archives of Venice.
