Libraries and bookstores

The National Marciana Library was born from the idea of Francesco Petrarca, who decided to donate his books to the city Venice in order to found a public library in 1362.

Located on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, in the context of the ancient Benedictine monastery, the librarian reality of the Giorgio Cini Foundation is composed of thematic nuclei concerning the history of art, the history of Venice, theater,

The library, starting from 2000, was located on the 1st floor of the building known as the former Tiro a Volo; the space available was about 380 square meters. divided into 3 rooms with 72 seats for reading.

Library established, for the most part, thanks to the donations of some members of Iveser and exponents of the Venetian civil and cultural society, today its size is estimated at around 7,000 / 8,000 volumes including monographs, periodicals, maga

It owes its existence to the Settembrini family who have always loved culture and its diffusion; not surprisingly, Arnoldo Settembrini, already in 1959, established the literary prize "Leonilde and Arnaldo Settembrini".

The book collection was born in 1812, together with the Ateneo Veneto. The original nucleus was made up of funds belonging to the Venetian Literary Academy, the Venetian Society of Medicine and the Accademia dei Filareti, merged with decree no.

The Municipal Library of Mestre was established on November 14, 1952 by the municipal administration of Venice accepting the request, accompanied by public signature, of a citizen committee formed after the war.

The library of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection was born with the bequest of several thousand books by Peggy Guggenheim, mostly exhibition catalogs.

Giovanni Querini Stampalia's main legacy is his large collection of books which form the core of the library's heritage.

After a little more than 2 and a half years from the opening of the new Municipal Library of Mestre, Villa Erizzo has expanded by hosting - in its completely renovated guesthouse - the VEZ Junior dedicated to users aged between 0 and 14 years.