Traditional Italian units of measure

A number of units of measurement were used in Italy to measure length, mass, capacity, etc. Since 1862, the metric system has been compulsory (with the exception of Milan, which had already adopted the metric system by 1803).

Units varied from one province or city to another.

1 piede liprando (foot) = 0.51377m.

1 punto (point) = 1/144 piede liprando

1 oncia (inch) = 1/12 piede liprando

1 canna = 4 piede liprando

1 trabucco = 6 piede liprando

1 miglio (mile) = 4333 1/3 piede liprando

1 braccio = 0.683 m

1 piede = 0.348 m.

1 braccio = 12 once = 0.595 m

1 brabucco = 6 piedi.

1 trabucoo = 6 piedi liprandi = 3.096 m

1 raso = 0.6 m

1 piede = 0.293 m.

1 braccio = 0.64 m

1 piede = 0.38 m.

1 braccio = 2 palmi - 0.583 m.

1 palmo = 0.248 m.

1 canna = 10 palmi = 2.234 m.

Units used in Naples include:

1 canna = 10 palmi (or 8 palmi) = 2.646 m.

1 oncia = 5 minuti

1 palmo = 12 oncie = 10.381 in

1 pertica (a.k.a. passo) = 7 1/2 palmi.

1 miglio = 7000 palmo = 1.147 miles.

1 canna = 10 palmi = 2.065 m.

1 cavezzo = 6 piede

1 piè = 20.593 in

1 braccio = 22.741 in.

1 punto = 12 atomi

1 oncia = 12 punti

1 braccio di legno = 12 oncie

1 pertica = 6 braccia

1 braccio = 21.344 in

1 pie = 22.428 in.

Units used in the Roman State included:

1 commercial palmo = 8.796 in

1 mercer's palmo = 8.347 in

1 architect's palmo = 8.79 in

1 pié = 11.592 in

1 pié (at Ancona) 15.384 in

1 canna = 78.4 in

1 braccio of Rome = 0.732 in

1 braccio of Ancona = 35 1/3 in.

1 palmo = 12 oncie of 10 decimi each.

1 canna = 10 palmi

1 catena = 10 stajoli = 25 1/2 palmi

1 architect's pie (foot) = 16 once = 11.72 in.

Units used in Sardinia include:

1 punto = 12 atomi

1 oncia = 12 punti

1 piè liprando =12 oncie = 20.228 in

1 raso = 14 oncie.

In Turin and Piedmont 6 piede liprando = 1 trabucco, and one pertica was equal to 2 trabucci.

Units include:

1 miglio = 4333 1/3 piede liprando = 1.3835 mile.

In Genoa, units include:

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