Biblioteca Casanatense, State public library in Rome, Italy
The Biblioteca Casanatense holds 400,000 volumes, 6,000 manuscripts, and 2,200 incunabula within its grand reading rooms and storage areas.
Cardinal Girolamo Casanate established this library in 1701 with an endowment of 80,000 scudi and his personal collection of 25,000 books.
The library maintains extensive collections of Greek codices, Hebrew texts, and Roman governmental proclamations dating from 1500 to 1870.
Visitors can access the library through its entrance at Via di Sant'Ignazio 52, where guided introductions occur daily at 11:30.
A marble statue of Cardinal Casanate by sculptor Pierre Le Gros stands in the main reading room, moved there during the 1721 expansion.
Location: Rome
Inception: 1701
Phone: +39066976031
Email: b-casa@cultura.gov.it
Website: http://casanatense.it
GPS coordinates: 41.89815,12.47964
Latest update: March 4, 2025 21:23
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