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+ | == Location == | ||
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+ | Via Baccarini 3, 48100 Ravenna. The library is situated in the city centre, within walking distance from Dante’s Tomb. Originally a monastery, it winds through a sequence of cloisters refreshed by grassy grounds and trees. | ||
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+ | == Description == | ||
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+ | The Classense library is the largest in town and an important tile in the mosaic of the Italian library system. It aims at general information, | ||
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+ | The Classense derives its name from the town of Classe (Classis Ravennas, originally the Roman port), where the Camaldolites had a monastery which was moved to Ravenna at the beginning of the 16th century. A small libreria was known to be attached to the monastery as early as 1515, although the early 1700s are regarded as the foundation years of the library as Canneti conceived it, anticipating 18th-century scholarship. By the end of the century the impressive book collection was rich in codices as well as in all those documents and printed books deemed important for culture and knowledge. With Napoleon’s abolition of the religious orders, the library passed into the hands of the municipality and collected also the books from other dispersed orders and monasteries. Today contemporary literature and children’s sections form part of the library’s activities. | ||
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+ | == Image == | ||
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+ | == Collection == | ||
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+ | There are 650,000 books, among which 800 incunabula and 8,000 16th-century editions; 750 manuscripts, | ||
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+ | There are 18 catalogues overall: 5 general ones, by author, shelf and subject, card and since 1986 on-line, separate catalogues both card and on-line for children’s and contemporary literature sections and other special collections, | ||
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+ | The monastery was built and decorated to tell the story of the Order and its religious and cultural relation with the town. Along corridors and rooms artists such as Luca Longhi celebrate the patron saints and the Ravenna literati side by side. The Aula Magna, commissioned by Canneti, is a monument to 18th-century knowledge and architecture, | ||
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+ | == Bibliography == | ||
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+ | Biblioteca Classense Ravenna, Fiesole, Nardini Editore, 1996.\\ | ||
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+ | Armando Petrucci, Pietro Canneti, in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Roma, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana 1960-, vol.18. pp 125-129. | ||
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+ | == Director == | ||
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+ | Donatino Domini | ||
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+ | == Opening hours == | ||
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+ | Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays 8.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Summer: Monday to Friday 8.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. Saturdays 8.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Last week of July and August 8.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Rare books: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays 9.00 to 1.00 p.m., Tuesdays and Fridays 9.00 to 1.00 p.m and 2.30 to 5.30 p.m. Different opening hours may apply to other collections and services. Possibility to reserve book material in advance. | ||
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+ | == Further information == | ||
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+ | Contact person: Claudia Giuliani\\ | ||
+ | Telephone: 00 39 0544 482112; 00 39 0544 482117 (Contemporary Literature)\\ | ||
+ | Fax: 00 39 0544 482104\\ | ||
+ | E-mail: < | ||
+ | Website: [[http:// |
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