The National Central Library of Florence ( Italian : Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze , BNCF ) is a public national library in Florence , the largest in Italy and one of the most important in Europe , one of the two central libraries of Italy , along with the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma .
5-425: The Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale can refer to: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Roma Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
10-697: 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 Lorenese in 1861, and by 1885, the library had been renamed as the National Central Library of Florence, or the BNCF. Since 1870,
15-468: The indexing of national holdings. 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. The library curates
20-531: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biblioteca_Nazionale_Centrale&oldid=932723476 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Central Library (Florence) The library was founded in 1714 when scholar Antonio Magliabechi bequeathed his entire collection of books, encompassing approximately 30,000 volumes, to
25-535: The library has collected copies of all Italian publications. Since 1935, the collections have been housed in a building designed by Cesare Bazzani and V. Mazzei, located along the Arno River in the quarter of 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
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