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Italy is the home of two of the world's biggest publishers of books in terms of revenue: Messaggerie Italiane and Mondadori Libri. Other large publishers include De Agostini Editore, Feltrinelli and t
Reader on bus, Italy, 2006
Readers in Limone sul Garda, Brescia, 2007
The National Central Library of Florence is a public national library in Florence, the largest in Italy and one of the most important in Europe. It is one of the two central libraries of Italy, along
Books in Italy
…the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, the Biblioteca Magliabechiana in Florence merged with the Biblioteca Palatina Lorenese, and by 1885 became known as the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (National Central Library). The Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma was founded in 1876. As official legal deposit libraries, both maintain copies…
View of the Library from Piazza dei Cavalleggeri
Arno river facade
The library beside Santa Croce
The rotunda