Bottini dell'olio, Baroque architectural ensemble in Livorno, Italy.

Bottini dell'olio is a Baroque building in Livorno featuring stone walls, vaulted ceilings, and a symmetrical layout across multiple levels. The interior shows careful architectural planning that connects its original function as storage with its current use.

The Bottini dell'olio were built in 1705 in a still unbuilt area of the Venezia Nuova, between Forte San Pietro and the Canale dei Navicelli. In 1731 the building was enlarged under Giovanni del Fantasia, following a design by Antonio Foggini. Later private warehouses took over its role, and at the end of the 19th century the filling of the Navicelli canal cut its direct link with the port. Damaged in the Second World War, it was restored in the 1980s.

The ground floor forms part of the exhibition route of the Museo della Città, while the first floor holds the Biblioteca Comunale del Polo Culturale Bottini dell'Olio, inaugurated on 16 December 2017 and stocking volumes published from 2000 onward. The name bottini refers to the nearly 300 oil vats once cut into the vaulted hall.

The building is easily accessible on weekdays and provides reading and work areas for many visitors at once. Keep in mind that some areas require climbing stairs, and it is wise to check opening hours before visiting.

The ground-floor warehouse hall is divided by Tuscan pillars into three naves and once held almost 300 sunken vats, the bottini, with a total capacity of about 8,000 hectolitres. Merchants without their own warehouse could store oil there by paying a monthly tax. A plaque above the warehouse door records the building phases.