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The Angelica Library
Location Rome, Italy
Date 1765
Architect Luigi Vanvitelli
Type of library State Library
website address http://biblioroma.sbn.it/angelica/
Local Name
Biblioteca Angelica
Visiting Address
Piazza S. Agostino 8, 00186 Roma, Italy
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday, 08.30 - 18.00 Saturday, 08.30 - 13.30
1st to 31st August, 08.30 to 13.30
Brief History
The Biblioteca Angelica is named after Angelo Rocca (1546-1620),
an Augustinian Bishop, who had responsibility for the Vatican
printing house in the time of Pope Sixtus V. Rocca entrusted his
collection of 20,000 volumes to the convent of St. Augustine at
the end of the 16th century, and provided the convent library
with premises and its own funds. His aim was that it should be
open to all, and it soon became known to scholars around the
World.The library doubled the size of its collection in 1762,
with the acquisition of the library of Cardinal Domenico
Passionei. The monks commissioned Luigi Vanvitelli to rebuild
the convent,which was finished in 1765. The Angelica became a
State Library in 1873, so ending the Augustinians' involvement.
The photo shows the Salone Monumentale.
Special Interest
The Biblioteca Angelica contains about 200,000 volumes. The
Antique Book Collection has 100,000 volumes, which were
published from the 15th to the 18th centuries, with many
covering the Augustinian Order and the history of the
Reformation. The library's Manuscript Collection contains
24,000 documents, among which are a 9th century manuscript
of the Liber Memorialis from Remiremont Abbey. There are
over 1,100 incunabula, including the first book printed in Italy
– De Oratore from Subiaco in 1465.
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