Visit the Archiginnasio

The historic rooms

The ancient classrooms, that now are the legal deposits of the library, follow one another throughout the length of the façade of the palace. The walls are adorned with coats of arms and monuments that celebrate the most prominent figures of the history of the Studio. 

cover of The historic rooms

Through its Romantic style, the library tried to preserve the solemn image of the building, creating display cabinets to show memorabilia and bibliographic rarities, and affixing new busts, paintings and epigraphs to celebrate the donors of the civic library.