This is a list of libraries in Italy, arranged by

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Northeast

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* Biblioteca comunale dell'Archiginnasio, Bologna * Biblioteca Salaborsa, Bologna *

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 * Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea, Ferrara *

Biblioteca Estense The Biblioteca Estense ('' Estense Library''), was the family library of the marquis and dukes 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 fourte ...

, Ferrara *

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

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

Veneto

* Accademia Galileiana, Padua * Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice * Fortuny Museum, Venice *

Biblioteca Marciana The Marciana Library or Library of Saint Mark ( it, italic=no, Biblioteca Marciana, but in historical documents commonly referred to as ) is a public library in Venice, Italy. It is one of the earliest surviving public libraries and repositori ...

, Venice * Petrarch's library, Venice *

San Lazzaro degli Armeni San Lazzaro degli Armeni (, "Saint Lazarus of the Armenians"; called Saint Lazarus Island in English sources; hy, Սուրբ Ղազար, Surb Ghazar) is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon which has been home to the monastery of the Mekhita ...

, Venice * Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia *

Zecca of Venice The Zecca (English: Mint) is a sixteenth-century building in Venice, Italy which once housed the mint of the Republic of Venice. Built between 1536 and 1548, the heavily rusticated stone structure, originally with only two floors, was designed by ...

Northwest

Aosta Valley

Liguria

Lombardy

* Biblioteca Queriniana, Brescia *

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 agen ...

, Milan * Biblioteca di Brera, Milan * Biblioteca europea di informazione e cultura, Milan * Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea, Milan * Mansutti Foundation, Milan * Museo Teatrale alla Scala, Milan *

Palazzo Sormani Palazzo Sormani (also known as Palazzo Sormani-Andreani or cà Sormana in Milanese dialect) is a historic building of Milan, Italy, and the seat of the central public library of Milan. It is located at number 6 in Corso di Porta Vittoria, in the ...

, Milan

Piedmont

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 National University Library The National University Library (''Biblioteca nazionale universitaria'' in Italian) in Turin, Italy, is one of the country's main libraries. It was founded in 1720 as the Royal University Library by Victor Amadeus II, who unified collections from ...

Central

Tuscany

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National Central Library (Florence) The National Central Library of Florence ( it, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, BNCF) is a public national library in Florence, the largest in Italy and one of the most important in Europe, one of the two central libraries of Italy, alon ...

*** Laurentian Library ***

Biblioteca Riccardiana The Biblioteca Riccardiana (''Riccardian Library'') is a library in Florence, Italy. The library is located adjacent to the Palazzo Medici Riccardi. The main facade of Michelozzo's Medici Riccardi palace is on Via Camillo Cavour (corner of Via de ...

*** Biblioteca e Archivio del Risorgimento *** Biblioteca Marucelliana *** Biblioteca Moreniana ***

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 B ...

*** European University Institute Library *** Gabinetto Vieusseux *** Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz *** Biblioteca delle Oblate ***

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 ...

** Libraries in Grosseto *** Biblioteca Chelliana ** Libraries in Livorno *** Biblioteca Labronica F.D.Guerrazzi ** Libraries in Lucca *** *** ** Libraries in Pisa *** Biblioteca Scuola Normale *** Biblioteca Universitaria di Pisa *** Biblioteca Cathariniana ** Libraries in Pistoia *** Biblioteca Fabroniana *** Biblioteca Forteguerriana *** Biblioteca San Giorgio ** Libraries in Siena *** Biblioteca Intronati

South

Abruzzo

Apulia

Basilicata

Calabria

Campania

Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III The Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (''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 ...

, Naples *

Girolamini, Naples The Church and Convent of the Girolamini or Gerolamini is a church and ecclesiastical complex in Naples, Italy. It is located directly across from the Cathedral of Naples on via Duomo. The facade is across the homonymous piazza and street ( Vi ...

Ospedale degli Incurabili, Naples The Ospedale degli Incurabili (''Hospital for the Incurables'') or Complesso degli Incurabili is an ancient and prominent hospital complex located on Via Maria Longo in central Naples, Italy. Part of the complex, including the remarkable pharma ...

* State Archives of Naples

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Sardinia

Sicily

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