The Biblioteca Forteguerriana is a

public library A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are ...

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...

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, founded in 1473 by

Niccolò Fortiguerra :''This article is not about Niccolò Fortiguerra (1674-1735), bishop and poet, author of Ricciardetto'' Niccolò Fortiguerra (also spelled Forteguerri) (1419 – 21 December 1473) was an Italian papal legate, military commander, and Cardinal. ...

. In 1967 it became the Biblioteca comunale Forteguerriana. It currently occupies the Palazzo della Sapienza (built in 1533).

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Official site
Libraries in Pistoia 1473 establishments {{Library-stub

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