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Glossary of Italian property terms

The words and acronyms you find in land registry records, deeds and risk maps, explained in one sentence.

ANNCSU , Archivio Nazionale dei Numeri Civici delle Strade Urbane (national register of street numbers and urban streets)
Italy's official list of streets and street numbers, kept by Istat and the Revenue Agency and updated by each Comune.
Census section , Sezione di censimento
The smallest area for which Istat publishes data on residents, households and homes. In cities it often corresponds to a single block.
Certificato di destinazione urbanistica (planning use certificate)
The municipal document stating what the planning scheme provides for a piece of land: whether it is agricultural or building land, how much can be built and which restrictions apply.
Flood hazard (P1, P2, P3) , Pericolosità idraulica
How likely an area is to be flooded: P3 high, P2 medium, P1 low.
Foglio (cadastral map sheet) , Foglio catastale
One of the numbered sheets that a municipality's cadastral map is divided into. Together with the particella it identifies a land parcel.
IFFI , Inventario dei Fenomeni Franosi in Italia (inventory of landslides in Italy)
The national record of landslides that have happened and been mapped, compiled by ISPRA with the Regions and autonomous Provinces.
OMI , Osservatorio del Mercato Immobiliare (Property Market Observatory)
The Revenue Agency office that publishes, twice a year, the minimum and maximum price per square metre of homes for every zone of each municipality.
PAI , Piano stralcio per l'Assetto Idrogeologico (hydrogeological plan)
The plan in which the river basin district authority marks out the areas at risk of landslides and floods and sets out what can be built there.
Particella (cadastral parcel) , Particella catastale, also called mappale
The plot of land drawn on the cadastral map, with a number within its sheet (foglio). It is also called a mappale.
PGA , Peak Ground Acceleration
The maximum ground acceleration expected during an earthquake, expressed as a fraction of the acceleration due to gravity (g).
Prelazione agraria (agricultural right of first refusal)
The right of the tenant farming a piece of agricultural land, or of a neighbouring owner-farmer, to buy it on the same terms offered to the buyer.
Seismic zone , Zona sismica
A municipality's earthquake hazard class, from 1 (the most hazardous) to 4 (the least hazardous), set by the Regions.
Subalterno (property unit number) , Subalterno catastale
The number that identifies a single unit inside a building: a flat, a garage, a cellar or a shop.
Visura catastale (land registry record)
The Revenue Agency document showing the identifiers, category, cadastral income and registered owners of a property.

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