Biblioteca civica di Verona, Public library in Verona, Italy.
The Biblioteca civica di Verona occupies a building on Via Cappello designed by engineer Pier Luigi Nervi and inaugurated on 2 June 1980, after his death. It holds over 700,000 volumes, 1,230 incunabula, 6,000 sixteenth-century books, 3,600 manuscripts, 95,000 letters and documents, 2,000 prints, and maps. Two rooms form the Protomoteca veronese, with herms, busts, and medallions of notable Veronese figures from antiquity to the 19th century.
The library was founded in 1792 and received its current building in 1980, designed by renowned engineer Pier Luigi Nervi. This new structure allowed the collection to move into modern spaces and expanded public access.
The library preserves manuscripts and books from different periods that tell the story of Verona and its surrounding region. Visitors can experience the city's literary heritage displayed across its collections.
The library occupies the former Jesuit college complex on Via Cappello in Verona's old centre, with the modern Nervi building inaugurated in 1980. The bell tower of San Sebastiano, the only part of the church to survive the 1945 bombing, stands beside it. Enter from Via Cappello; the reading rooms and Protomoteca are inside.
The library holds the Protomoteca Veronese, two rooms of herms, busts and medallions of notable Veronese figures from antiquity to the 19th century, among them Saint Zeno, Catullus, Giovanni Giocondo, Gian Matteo Giberti, Paolo Veronese and Giuseppe Torelli.
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