BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE CENTRALE DI FIRENZE

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Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze

The Library from Piazza dei Cavalleggeri
Country Italy
Type Public, National, Central library.
Established 1743 (1714)
Location Florence
Collection
Size 5,627,205 books, 120,000 magazines, 29,000 16th century editions, 24,988 manuscripts and 3,715 Incunabula.
Access and use
Access requirements Open to anyone of 18 years or older
Other information
Director Maria Letizia Sebastiani.
Website http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/
The Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze is a public national library in Florence, the largest in Italy and one of most important in Europe[citation needed], one of the two central libraries of Italy, along with the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale of Rome.

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 References
3 Gallery
3.1 Exteriors
3.2 Interiors
3.3 Manuscripts
4 External links

[edit] HistoryThe library was founded in 1714 when scholar Antonio Magliabechi bequeathed his entire collection of books, encompassing approximately 30,000 volumes, to the city of Florence. By 1743, it was required that a copy of every work published in Tuscany be submitted to the library. Originally known as the Magliabechiana, the library was opened to the public in 1747. Its holdings were combined with those of the Biblioteca Palatina in 1861, and by 1885, the library had been renamed as the National Central Library of Florence, or the BNCF. Since 1870, the library has collected copies of all Italian publications.

Since 1935, the collections have been housed in a building designed by Cesare Bazzani and V. Mazzei, located along the Arno River in Santa Croce. Before this, they were found in various rooms belonging to the Uffizi Gallery.

The National Library System (SBN), located in the BNCF, is responsible for the automation of library services and the indexing of national holdings.

Unfortunately, a major flood of the Arno River in 1966 damaged nearly one-third of the library's holdings, most notably its periodicals and Palatine and Magliabechi collections. The Restoration Center was subsequently established and may be credited with saving many of these priceless artifacts. However, much work remains to be done and some items are forever lost.[1]

[edit] References^ "History of the National Library of Italy-Florence". Archived from the original on 2007-02-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20070211214314/http://libraries.theeuropeanlibrary.org/ItalyFlorence/Library/history_en.xml. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
[edit] Gallery[edit] ExteriorsThe facade in front of Arno river
The facade
The library beside Santa Croce
The rotunda
[edit] InteriorsThe distribution hall
The catalogues room
The reading room
The Galileo's dome.
[edit] ManuscriptsGiovannino de' Grassi, The eternal and the hermits, from the Gian Galeazzo Visconti Breviary.
Giovannino de' Grassi, Marriage of the Virgin, from the Gian Galeazzo Visconti Breviary.
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[edit] External linksOfficial website (Italian)
Coordinates: 43°46′1.36″N 11°15′44.80″E / 43.7670444°N 11.262444°E / 43.7670444; 11.262444
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