The Chapter Library is available for private guided tours dedicated to school classes. The guided tour takes about one hour and will introduce students to the history of the Library and its treasures. The cost of the guided tour is € 2 per student. Tickets must be reserved at least one week in advance.Days and…
Travel stories Guides, memories, maps among the Capitolare’s books Nomads, pilgrims, adventurers, explorers… humans have always been travelers. That’s probably the reason for the continuous success of books telling tales about travels, or guiding and inspiring new routes. The exhibition will be a journey through ancient books’ pages, divided into four main themes, each one…
Open call for a Project Manager position The Fondazione Biblioteca Capitolare is hiring a Project Manager, to enhance the cultural heritage and the activities of the oldest still functioning library in the world.If you have the skills and experience to work with us, send us your CV! For more information, click here.
We inform scholars that the Reading Room will be closed on 8 September 2020. For information E-mail: consultazione@bibliotecacapitolare.itTel: +39 045 596516
The “Passeggiata con il Prefetto” is an exclusive guided tour with Mons. Bruno Fasani, Director of the Biblioteca Capitolare, and represents our most demanded monthly appointment. The next chance to take part in the event will be on Sunday, 6 September 2020. Mons. Fasani will guide visitors in a journey thorugh the Capitolare’s millenary history,…
The Biblioteca Capitolare will be CLOSED on Thursday, 27 and Wednesday, 28 August, due to structural repair made necessary by the recent cloudburst that hit Verona on Sunday, 23 August. As a consequence, the English guided tour will be suspended for this week. Thank you for your comprehension!
“Post fata resurgam” – renewal paths With these Latin words, meaning “After death I will resurrect”, Canon Giuseppe Turrini – director of the Biblioteca Capitolare – commented on the library’s reopening in 1948. Tradition attributes this motto to the phoenix, a legendary bird which is born again from the ashes of its own fire: the…
Dear visitors,the Biblioteca Capitolare will be closed for summer holiday from 10th to 21st August 2020. The library will reopen on Saturday, 22 August and the English tour will held every Friday at 11.00 a.m. Tickets must be reserved at least one day in advance by phone (+39 331 594 6961) or by email (info@bibliotecacapitolare.it).
The “Passeggiata con il Prefetto” is an exclusive guided tour with Mons. Bruno Fasani, Director of the Biblioteca Capitolare, and represents our most demanded monthly appointment. The next chance to take part in the event will be on Sunday, 2 August 2020.Mons. Fasani will guide visitors in a journey thorugh the Capitolare’s millenary history, allowing…
“Post fata resurgam” – renewal paths With these Latin words, meaning “After death I will resurrect”, Canon Giuseppe Turrini – director of the Biblioteca Capitolare – commented on the library’s reopening in 1948.Tradition attributes this motto to the phoenix, a legendary bird which is born again from the ashes of its own fire: the same…
