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The library was founded at the end of the 18th century in the Palazzo degli Studi (which now houses the Museo Archeologico), with its nucleus formed of books holdings of the Palazzo Capodimonte, the library from the celebrated Farnese Collection that Carlo di Borbone had transferred to Naples in 1734). Opened to the public in 1804 under the ...
Biblioteca di Ricerca Area Umanistica (BRAU) is the university library of the Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici of the University of Naples Federico II. It was established in 2009 but Neapolitan Baroque building dates back to 1564, designed by Paola Cappellani. It is located in Piazza Bellini in the historic city-centre of Naples, Italy.
Portrait of Ferrante Imperato Engraving from Ferrante Imperato, Dell'Historia Naturale (Naples 1599). Ferrante Imperato (1525? [1] – 1615?), an apothecary of Naples, published Dell'Historia Naturale (Naples 1599) [2] and illustrated it with his own cabinet of curiosities displayed at Palazzo Gravina in Naples; [3] the engraving became the first pictorial representation of a Renaissance ...
A much larger second 17th-century cloister, is accessible through the first; this cloister hosts the entry to both the "Quadreria" or art collection, which had been previously housed in the sacristy of the Church, and the magnificent library of the Oratorian Fathers, the Biblioteca Girolamini, now run by the Italian state. [2]
The National Archaeological Museum of Naples (Italian: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, abbr. MANN) is an important Italian archaeological museum, particularly for ancient Roman remains. Its collection includes works from Greek, Roman and Renaissance times, and especially Roman artifacts from the nearby Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum ...
Buried in ash after Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79AD, the secret of a papyrus scroll kept their secrets hidden for centuries. Now one has been deciphered by AI.
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Italy has 11 national libraries. [1] These include: The Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma (Rome National Central Library), in Rome, and the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (National Central Library of Florence) in Florence, which are the two central national libraries of Italy.