This is a list of notable libraries in Italy, arranged by

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Emilia-Romagna

Archiginnasio of Bologna The Archiginnasio of Bologna is one of the most important buildings in the city of Bologna; once the main building of the University of Bologna, it currently houses the Archiginnasio Municipal Library and the Anatomical Theatre. In the heart of ...

Biblioteca comunale dell'Archiginnasio The (Archiginnasio Municipal Library) is a public library in Bologna, Italy. It is located inside the Palace of the Archiginnasio in Bologna since 1838, when a section of the building was destined to preserve the books collected from the closure ...

, Bologna *

Biblioteca Salaborsa Salaborsa is the main public library in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. In 2001, the central offices of the public library were moved into the northern portions of the Palazzo d'Accursio, flanking the Piazza del Nettuno, which is just n ...

, Bologna * Biblioteca of San Domenico, Bologna *

, Bologna * Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Bologna * , Casalecchio sul Reno *

Biblioteca Malatestiana The Malatestiana Library (), also known as the Malatesta Novello Library, is a public library in the city of Cesena in northern Italy. Purpose-built from 1447 to 1452 and opened in 1454, and named after the local aristocrat Malatesta Novello, it i ...

, Cesena *

Malatestiana Library The Malatestiana Library (), also known as the Malatesta Novello Library, is a public library in the city of Cesena in northern Italy. Purpose-built from 1447 to 1452 and opened in 1454, and named after the local aristocrat Malatesta Novello, it i ...

, Cesena * Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea, Ferrara *

Biblioteca Estense The Biblioteca Estense (), was the family library of the marquises and dukes of the House of Este. The exact date of the library's birth is still under speculation, however it is known for certain that the library was in use during the fourteenth ...

, Ferrara * , Forlì * , Mirandola * * , Parma * , Parma * , Parma *

Biblioteca Palatina, Parma The Biblioteca Palatina, or Palatina Library, was established in 1761 in the city of Parma by Philip, Duke of Parma, Philip Bourbon, Duke of Parma. It is one of the cultural institutions housed within the Palazzo della Pilotta complex in the cen ...

Biblioteca Passerini-Landi The Biblioteca Passerini-Landi is the main library of the comune of Piacenza, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. A ''Royal Library'' was established in 1774 by Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and sited at the former home of the Jesuit Seminary of San Pietr ...

, Piacenza *

Biblioteca Classense The Biblioteca Classense is the public library of Ravenna, Italy. In 1803, with the Napoleonic suppression of monasteries and religious institutions, a library was created to harbor the confiscated books. They were housed in the library of the Cam ...

, Ravenna * , Ravenna * , Reggio Emilia *

Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga The Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga, also known as the Gambalunghiana, is a public library in Rimini, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. The library was founded in 1619 following a bequest by Riminese lawyer . As of December 2023, t ...

, Rimini * , Rimini

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

* , Gorizia * *

Biblioteca Guarneriana The Biblioteca Guarneriana is a public library founded by the mid-15th century and located in two buildings along the Via Roma in San Daniele, Udine, region of Friuli, Italy. History The library was initially founded by 1445 around the posthumous ...

, San Daniele del Friuli *

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

* *, Bolzano *, Merano * Biblioteca Civica Girolamo Tartarotti, Rovereto *

Veneto

*, Belluno *, Belluno * *

Accademia Galileiana The ''Accademia Galileiana'' ('Galilean academy') is a learned society in the city of Padua in Italy. The full name of the society is ('Galilean academy of science, letters and the arts in Padova'). It was founded as the in Padua in 1599, on th ...

, Padua *

Biblioteca Civica di Padova The Biblioteca Civica of Padua, Italy, is a public library founded in 1839 by Gerolamo Polcastro. Since 2009 it operates from headquarters in the . Its collections include manuscripts produced by Alberto Fortis. Together with the University Libra ...

, Padua * *, Padua *, Padua * * * *

Fondazione Querini Stampalia The Fondazione Querini Stampalia is a cultural institution in Venice, Italy, founded in 1869 at the behest of the last descendant of the Venetian Querini Stampalia family, Count, Conte Giovanni Querini (Count John Querini). Architect Carlo Scarpa ...

, Venice *

Fortuny Museum The Museo Fortuny or Fortuny Museum is an art museum in San Marco, in central Venice, Italy. The museum is housed in the Palazzo Pesaro Orfei, now often known as Palazzo Fortuny, where Mariano Fortuny (1871–1949) had a studio in the late ni ...

, Venice *

Biblioteca Marciana The Marciana Library or Library of Saint Mark (, but in historical documents commonly referred to as the ) is a public library in Venice, Italy. It is one of the earliest surviving public libraries and repositories for manuscripts in Italy and ...

, Venice *

Petrarch's library Francis Petrarch (; 20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374; ; modern ), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's le ...

, Venice *, Venice *, Venice *, Venice *, Venice * *, Verona * *

Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana The Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana is a main public library of the municipality of Vicenza, Italy. Inaugurated at the dawn of the 18th-century, and now the third largest library in the Veneto, after the Biblioteca Marciana of Venice and the Univers ...

, Vicenza *

International Library La Vigna Centro di Cultura e Civiltà Contadina - Biblioteca Internazionale La Vigna is an institute of documentation specialised in studies concerning agriculture and wine. It is considered as the most important reference point for ampelographic researc ...

, Vicenza

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Aosta Valley

Liguria

International Civic Library The International Civic Library of Bordighera is at 52 via Romana. History The first library of Bordighera was founded by the British in 1880 and was in the city’s Anglican Church. In 1910, the British community decided to build a dedicated ...

, Bordighera *

Biblioteca Civica Berio The Biblioteca Civica Berio (est. 1775) of Genoa, Italy, is a public library founded by . Around 1998 it moved into the former in the Carignano quartiere. Among its collections is the library of Demetrio Canevari. References ''This article in ...

, Genoa *, Genoa *, Genoa *, Genoa *, La Spezia * Biblioteca civica Aprosiana, Ventimiglia

Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...

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* , Bergamo * Biblioteca Queriniana, Brescia * , Busto Arsizio * * * * , Crema * * * , Lecco * , Lonate Pozzolo * Biblioteca Laudense, Lodi *

Biblioteca Teresiana The Biblioteca Teresiana (est. 1780) of Mantua, Italy, is a public library founded by sovereign Maria Theresa. History The Teresiana Library was founded by Maria Theresa as part of a larger series of education reforms throughout Mantua and Lombar ...

, Mantua * , Mantua * Archivio di Nuova Scrittura, Milan *

Biblioteca Ambrosiana The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose age ...

, Milan * *

Biblioteca europea di informazione e cultura The (BEIC, "European library of information and culture") is an ongoing project based in Milan, Italy for the realization of a new modern library. It began in the late 1990s, when Antonio Padoa-Schioppa submitted the idea for the first time to th ...

, Milan * , Milan *

Biblioteca di Brera The or Braidense National Library, usually known as the Biblioteca di Brera, is a public library in Milan, in northern Italy. It is one of the largest libraries in Italy. Initially, it contained large historical and scientific collections before ...

, Milan *

, Milan * , Milan *

Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea The Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea (Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation; CDEC) is an independent cultural and historical institution in Milan, Italy. It promotes the study, culture, and history of the Jewish People in Italy ...

, Milan * Mansutti Foundation, Milan * Museo Teatrale alla Scala, Milan * , Milan * , Milan * * , Milan * , Milan * , Milan * * , Morbegno * , Pavia * , Pavia * }, Sondrio

Piedmont

* *, Casale Monferrato *, Moncalieri * Biblioteca Civica Centrale, Turin *

Royal Library of Turin The Royal Library of Turin () is a library located within the ground floor of the Royal Palace of Turin, itself a World Heritage Site in Turin, Italy. The library contains approximately 200,000 print volumes, 4,500 manuscripts, 3,055 drawings, ...

*, Turin *, Turin *, Turin *, Turin *, Turin * Biblioteca nazionale di Torino *

Central

Marche

* Biblioteca comunale Luciano Benincasa, Ancona * *, Ascoli Piceno *, Falconara Marittima *, Fano *, Fano *, Fano * Biblioteca Spezioli, Fermo *, Jesi *, Macerata *

Biblioteca Comunale Mozzi Borgetti The Biblioteca Comunale Mozzi Borgetti, founded in 1773, is the public library of Macerata, located on Piazza Vittorio Veneto 2 region of Marche, Italy. The name is sometimes hyphenated as ''Mozzi-Borgetti''. History The library was established i ...

, Macerata * *, Matelica *, Osimo *, Osimo *

Biblioteca Oliveriana The Biblioteca Oliveriana is a public library located in the Palazzo Almerici on via Mazza in the town of Pesaro, region of Marche, Italy. It shares the building with the Museo Oliveriano, an archaeology museum with which it shares a common hist ...

, Pesaro *, Pesaro *, San Ginesio *, Sarnano * Senigallia Public Library *, Tolentino

Lazio

Biblioteca Angelica The () is a public library located in Rome, Italy. In front of the ''Piazza Sant'Agostino'' square, adjacent to the church of Sant'Agostino, not far from Piazza Navona. Having been open to the public since 1609, it is considered the oldest ''pub ...

, Rome *, Rome *, Rome *

Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica The Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica was the library of the Jewish community of Rome, Italy. Established in the early 20th century, it housed approximately 7,000 rare or unique books and manuscripts dating back to at least the 16th century. A ...

, Rome *

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma The (Central National Library of Rome), in Rome, is one of two central national libraries of Italy, along with in Florence. In total, 9 national libraries exist, out of 46 state libraries. The library's mission is to collect and preserve all t ...

Biblioteca Vallicelliana The Biblioteca Vallicelliana is a library in Rome, Italy. The library is located in the Oratorio dei Filippini complex built by Francesco Borromini in Piazza della Chiesa Nuova. The library holds about 130,000 volumes of manuscripts, incunab ...

, Rome *

Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History The Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History is a German research institute located in Rome, Italy. It was founded by a donation of Henriette Hertz in 1912 as a Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. Of the 84 institutes in the Max Planc ...

, Rome *

Biblioteca Casanatense The Biblioteca Casanatense is a large historic library in Rome, Italy, named in honour of Cardinal Girolamo Casanate (1620–1700) whose private library is at its roots. History The library was established in 1701 by Antonin Cloche, the Ma ...

, Rome *, Rome *, Rome *, Rome *, Rome *, Rome *, Rome *, Rome *, Rome *, Rome *, Rome *, Rome *, Rome * David Lubin Memorial Library, Rome * Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Rome * Forestry Information Centre, Rome * Library of Palatine Apollo, Rome *

Palazzo Mattei Caetani The Palazzo Caetani, also known as the Palazzo Mattei Caetani, and once known as the Palazzo of Alessandro Mattei or the Palazzo Mattei alle Botteghe Oscure, is an urban palace located on via delle Botteghe Oscure #32 in the rione Sant'Angelo of ...

, Rome * Pontifical Biblical Institute Library, Rome *

Ulpian Library The Bibliotheca Ulpia ("Ulpian Library") was a Roman library founded by the Emperor Trajan in AD 114 in the Forum of Trajan, located in ancient Rome. It was considered one of the most prominent and famous libraries of antiquity and became a majo ...

, Rome *

Vatican Library The Vatican Apostolic Library (, ), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library. It was formally established in 1475, alth ...

, Rome *, Velletri *, Veroli

Tuscany

* *, Camaldoli *, Caprese Michelangelo *, Castelfiorentino * *

Diocesan Seminary of Fiesole The Diocesan Seminary of Fiesole () is a former Roman Catholic seminary in Fiesole, Italy. Founded in the 17th century, the seminary is run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fiesole. Today, the seminary retains several pieces of historically signi ...

*, Ghezzano *

Accademia dei Georgofili The Accademia dei Georgofili (Academy of Georgofili) is an educational institution in Florence, Italy. It was established in 1753. The academy has been a historic institution for over 250 years, and is best known for promoting, amongst scholars a ...

, Florence *

National Central Library The National Central Library (NCL; ) is the national library of Taiwan, located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei. It will soon have a subsidiary called Southern Branch of the National Central Library & National Repository Library. Mission T ...

, Florence *

Laurentian Library The Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana or BML) is a historic library in Florence, Italy, containing more than 11,000 manuscripts and 4,500 early printed books. Built in a cloister of the Medicean Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze u ...

, Florence *

Biblioteca Riccardiana The Biblioteca Riccardiana is an Italian public library under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture (Italy), Ministry of Culture, located inside the Palazzo Medici Riccardi at 10 Via de’ Ginori in Florence, in the neighborhood comprising the Mer ...

, Florence * Biblioteca e Archivio del Risorgimento, Florence *

Biblioteca Marucelliana The Marucelliana Library or Biblioteca Marucelliana, is a public library, founded by the mid-18th century, and located on Via Camillo Cavour # 43, in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. History The library was opened to the public on September 18 ...

, Florence * Biblioteca Moreniana, Florence *

British Institute of Florence The British Institute of Florence is a cultural institute founded in 1917 in Florence, Italy, with the aim of promoting Anglo-Italian cultural relations, teaching English and Italian languages, and running a library of English books to illustrate ...

* European University Institute Library, Florence *

Gabinetto Vieusseux The Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G. P. Vieusseux, founded in 1819 by Giovan Pietro Vieusseux, a merchant and publisher from Geneva, is a library in Florence, Italy. It played a vital role in linking the culture of Italy with that of other ...

, Florence *

Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (KHI) is one of the oldest research institutions dedicated to the history of art and architecture in Italy, where facets of European, Mediterranean and global history are investigated. Founded in 1897 b ...

, Florence * Biblioteca delle Oblate, Florence *

Villa I Tatti Villa I Tatti, The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies is a center for advanced research in the humanities located in Florence, Italy, and belongs to Harvard University. It houses a collection of Italian primitives, and of Chinese and ...

, Florence *, Florence *, Florence *, Florence *, Florence *, Florence * *, Florence *, Florence *, Florence *, Florence *, Florence *, Florence *, Follonica *

Biblioteca Chelliana The Biblioteca Chelliana (Chelliana Library) is a public library in Grosseto, Italy, founded in 1860 by Giovanni Chelli. In 1865, it became a public library as Biblioteca comunale Chelliana. It currently occupies the Palazzo Mensini built in 189 ...

, Grosseto * Biblioteca Labronica F.D.Guerrazzi, Livorno *, Livorno * * *, Lucca *, Montevarchi * National Esperanto Library and Archive, Massa *, Massa Marittima *, Montepulciano * Biblioteca Cathariniana, Pisa * Domus Galilaeana, Pisa * * Biblioteca Fabroniana, Pistoia *

Biblioteca Forteguerriana The Biblioteca Forteguerriana is a public library in Pistoia, Italy, founded in 1473 by Niccolò Fortiguerra. In 1967 it became the Biblioteca comunale Forteguerriana. It currently occupies the Palazzo della Sapienza (built in 1533). See also * Bo ...

, Pistoia * Biblioteca San Giorgio, Pistoia * Biblioteca Lazzerini, Prato * Biblioteca Roncioniana, Prato * *, Sansepolcro *

Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati The Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati is the public library located at #3 of the comune of Siena, in Tuscany, Italy. History The library's origins date to 1758, when the archdeacon and local economist Sallustio Bandini donated his library to ...

, Siena *, Vinci

Umbria

*, Assisi *, Città di Castello *

Biblioteca Comunale Sperelliana The Biblioteca Comunale Sperelliana (est. 1666) is the main public library, since 2010 housed in the former convent of San Pietro located on Via di Fonte Avellana #8, in Gubbio, province of Perugia, Italy. This library originated on 10 June 1666 w ...

, Gubbio *

Biblioteca Augusta __NOTOC__ The Biblioteca Augusta (est. 1582) is a public library in Perugia, Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a pen ...

, Perugia *, Perugia *, Perugia *, Perugia *, Perugia *, Perugia *, Perugia *, Ponte San Giovanni *

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Abruzzo

*, Celano *, Giulianova *, L'Aquila *, Sulmona *, Teramo

Apulia

* Altamura Diocesan Museum Matroneum *

Archivio Biblioteca Museo Civico The Archivio Biblioteca Museo Civico (also A.B.M.C.) is an organization which mainly serves as library and museum and it is located in Altamura, Italy. The archive and library comprise about 90,000 books, mostly about history and literature, among ...

, Altamura *, Bari *, Bari *, Barletta *, Brindisi *, Gioia del Colle *, Maglie *, San Marco in Lamis *, Trani

Basilicata

* *, Matera *

Calabria

*, Catanzaro *, Catanzaro * * *, Reggio Calabria * * *, Soriano Calabro

Campania

*, Afragola *, Ariano Irpino * *, Ariano Irpino *, Benevento *, Benevento *, Capri * Biblioteca statale del Monumento Nazionale Badia di Cava, Cava de' Tirreni * San Pietro Alli Marmi, Eboli *, Mercogliano *, Mercogliano *

Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III The (''Victor Emmanuel III National Library'') is a national library of Italy. It occupies the eastern wing of the 18th-century Palazzo Reale in Naples, at 1 Piazza del Plebiscito, and has entrances from piazza Trieste e Trento. It is funded an ...

, Naples *, Naples *, Naples *, Naples *, Naples *

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Sardinia

*, Alghero *, Cagliari *, Cargeghe

Sicily

Biblioteca centrale della Regione siciliana-msu-0543

*, Acireale *, Agrigento *, Bolognetta *

Scarabelli library The Scarabelli library is the public library in the city of Caltanissetta in the centre of the island of Sicily, Italy. In 1862, the library was established by Antonio Mordini in the premises of the former Jesuit convent. History The original co ...

, Caltanissetta *, Catania *, Catania *, Catania * * Biblioteca centrale della Regione Siciliana, Palermo *

Sicilian Ethnographic Museum Giuseppe Pitrè The Sicilian Ethnographic Museum Giuseppe Pitrè (Italian: Museo Etnografico Siciliano Giuseppe Pitrè) is a museum in Palermo, Italy. The museum has two locations: the main part is located in one of the Palazzina Cinese's guesthouse, inside ...

, Palermo *, Palermo * Capuchin Friary, Sortino *, Termini Imerese *, Trapani

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