National Central Library, Florence, Italy

From Archiplanet

Jump to: navigation, search
National Central Library
Location Florence, Italy
Date
Building Type Library
Street Address
Notes

Contents


[edit] Images

[edit] Discussion

Building Details



[edit] National Central Library at Wikipedia

National Central Library (Florence)

The Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze is a public national library and one of two central libraries of Italy, along with the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale of Rome. It is located in Florence.

History

The library was founded in 1714 when Antonio Magliabechi, a famous Italian scholar, 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 Bazzaniu 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.

References

Gallery

Interiors

Manuscripts

External links







de:Italienische Nationalbibliothek eo:Nacia Centra Biblioteko de Florenco es:Biblioteca Nacional Central de Florencia fr:Bibliothèque nationale centrale de Florence it:Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze he:הספרייה הלאומית המרכזית פירנצה ja:フィレンツェ国立中央図書館 ru:Национальная Центральная Библиотека Флоренции fi:Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze

Above content from Wikipedia available under GFDL retrieved Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:45:29 -0800


[edit] Maps

[edit] Other Resources

[edit] References

[edit] External Links

Personal tools