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LIBRARIES
in FLORENCE
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When the exam period is creeping it's high time you stopped going
to parties. The secret is being able to do so is to resist any temptation
around you like opening the fridge every now and then, no looking
out of the windows, rejecting any beer and no catnapping
when you wish. The libraries are the best places to concentrate
on starting again the hard work of a student...
Below you'll find the complete list...but, please...don't be too much
an eager-beaver!
National Libraries [Town center] | Municipal
libraries [Outside the center]
 Lungarno
Guicciardini, 9 Ph. 055 284 031/032/033 fax 055 289 557 Open
9.45am-1pm 3-6.30pm, Mon-Fri.
The British Institute of Florence was established in 1917 to promote the cultures
and languages of Great Britain and Italy. It offers general and accredited courses
including Italian and English as foreign languages, History of Art and cultural
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 Villa
I Tatti - Via Vincigliata, 26 phone 055 603 251 fax 055 603
383 Open 9am-6pm Mon-Fri.
Graduate students need a letter of presentation to gain access 110000 books held
in Harvard's exclusive library |
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Via Giusti, 44 phone 055 249 111 fax 055 249 1155 Open 9am-6pm
Mon,Wed,Fri; 9am-7pm Tue, Thu.
One of the largest collections of art history books in Florence is held by the
German Institute. To get your tessera to borrow books you need a reference photocopy
and photo or a letter of presentation |
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National Libraries [Town center] -
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Via Cavour, 43 phone 055 210 602/055 216
243/055 294 393
Open 9am-7pm Mon-Fr; 9am-1pm Sat.
Only ID is required to borrow books the library has a
large choice of books. Part of them are in English. |
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Piazza Cavalleggeri, 1/a switch-board phone
055 249 191
Automated information in Italian:055 2491 9300 Direct
phone: 055 243 341/055 263 8293 Open 9am-7pm Mon-Fri 9am-1pm
Sat.The second largest library in Italy after the National
Library in Rome.
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Municipal Libraries [Outside the center]
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BIBLIOTECA ARGINGROSSO (SAN BARTOLO A CINTOIA)
Via S.M. a Cintoia, 1 phone 055 785 001
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BIBLIOTECA BUONARROTI (NOVOLI) Viale Guidoni,
188 phone 055 432 506
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CENTRO AUDIOVISIVI (NOVOLI, Next to Viale
Guidoni) Via della Villa, 1 phone 055 422 3403
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BIBLIOTECA DELL'ISOLOTTO (ISOLOTTO) Viale
dei Pini, 54 phone 055 710 834
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BIBLIOTECA DI GAVINANA (GAVINANA) Piazza
Cardinale dalla Costa phone 055 680 696
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BIBLIOTECA DINO PIERACCIONI (Not far from
Camerata) Via Nicolodi, 2 phone 055 570 025
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BIBLIOTECA POPOLARE (ISOLOTTO-MONTICELLI)
Via Olivuzzo, 174 phone 055 739 8850
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BIBLIOTECA PUNTO DI LETTURA (Porta a Prato-Novoli)
Via delle Carra, 2 phone 055 351 689
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BIBLIOTECA VILLA ARRIVABENE (CAMPO DI MARTE)
Piazza Alberti, 1/a phone 055 677 398
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BIBLIOTECA DI COVERCIANO (CAMPO DI MARTE-STADIUM)
Via dell'Arcolaio, 2/a phone 055 609 645
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| ... In Florence there is the biggest public
library in Italy? It's the Biblioteca Nazionale
Centrale, that receives two copies of every book printed
in Italy ... |
Anglo-american Bookshop
Via Fiesolana 31r
Ph.
+39 055 247 8154
Fax
+39 055 247 8856
No matter the type of book - science, humanities, novels, paperback or
hardbacks - any book available here can be ordered via
email!. They serve the majority of the North American university
and college programs in Florence and in Tuscany as well
as several departments of Italian universities. The books here are
carried exclusively in English with over 10.000 titles in stock
in all major subjects. The Paperback Exchange is probably the best Anglo-American
bookshop in town! For further information visit their excellent
website. |
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