Biblioteca Civica di Padova

The Biblioteca Civica of Padua, Italy, is a public library founded in 1839 by Gerolamo Polcastro.[1] Since 2009 it operates from headquarters in the Centro culturale Altinate/San Gaetano. Its collections include manuscripts produced by Alberto Fortis.

Centro Culturale San Gaetano in Padua, which houses part of the Biblioteca Civica (photo 2013)

References
  1. Treccani 2015.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography
  • Gilda P. Mantovani (2011). "Per Alberto Fortis (dalla raccolta di autografi della Biblioteca Civica di Padova)". Quaderni per la storia della Universita di Padova (in Italian). 44. ISSN 0078-7760.
  • "Gerolamo Polcastro", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian), 2015


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