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Abstract: The proclamation of Rome as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, the climax of the process of national unification, led by the liberal ruling class the need to resolve a number of issues not only on the political level, but also on the strictly organizational. Choices were influenced by the situation of public finances, which imposed the limitation of expenditure. Conflicting goals - to reduce costs and provide for a short time to the consolidation of the Italian presence in the city - led to the adoption of quick fixes and relatively inexpensive, like occupation and expropriation of property of religious congregations, in order to set up the temporary offices of the ministries. The transfer was a complex operation, during which there were conflicting and improvised decisions, but was closely followed by the institutions, primarily for the political implications, but also for financial ones. Examination of the costs incurred in the transfer allows to to know in detail the wayin which it was conducted, providing new evidence for a more complex judgment on the choices that influenced the urban development of Rome capital.