biblioteca malatestiana

The first public library in the world,created by Malatesta family,over 500 years ago,a most evocative atmosphere,you can feel the monks leaning over codexes and miniatures.In summer the light filters thru greeny window panes creating mysterious reflections.If you are a culture vulture this is a rare gem for you

Great tour and ancient interiors on the guided tour. Ancient texts and history abound, as well as the architecture components throughout the building.That is history.

This is where you find history, good books, clever and tasty design together. The neighborhood behind the library is a place to explore, too.

Its a Library, probably the oldest in the world, and therefore full of old books, very interesting, if you like old books and old libraries!!!!

interesting and beautiful but the earphones did not work for me although the rest of my party also used the earphones and they did work for them.

located in the city center of cesena. this majestic and old building keeps many books and not only. friendly and prepared operator,you can easily find what you look for

The Library is a marvel well worth a visit. But the 40-minute tour I took (for 5 euros) was disappointing for an English-speaker. The guide was personable and, from the smattering of the Italian I could understand, certainly seemed to know the library in great detail. But if you don't understand Italian, you are given an audio device that contains about 10 mins of background on the library. The tour takes you down a long hall where the guide dwells on a genealogical chart of the creators of the library and on a map of the layout of the buildings. You are finally admitted to the library itself. In the entrance way are two old, beautiful books in display cases. They are the only books you will see open, except for six 15th century music books. The guide finally turns the two keys required to enter the old reading room. It's lovely and very interesting. You stand at the back of the room as the guide conveys much more in Italian than the audio guide does in English. From where you stand, you can see the rows of "pews" (which are actually stands for reading) and a few of the books chained to the shelves underneath the stands. This is definitely the highlight of the tour.Then you are admitted to a spruced up version of the "Pope's library." Old books line the walls behind closed doors. The music books are on display, and while they're lovely, I would very much have enjoyed seeing a wider array of books. There is also a small display of miniature books, which are interesting curios.If you care about the history of libraries (I do), this is a must-see. If you are interested in seeing medieval and Renaissance texts, you will see only a few here. And unless you understand Italian, you will learn more from doing a little research online than you will from the English audio guide.

It preserve beautiful manuscripts and gold miniature codes from religious orders and others . The building is amazing as it dated back to 400 years ago. A little unknown treasure of Italy , if you are in the surrounding, don't miss it.

Seeing all the handmade books with their incredible detail as well as seeing that medieval people couldn't be trusted anymore than today's folk - the books were chained to the pews!

worth a visit, although its a little pricey...then again this is the oldest public library in the world! also claims to have the worlds smallest printed book (although guiness book of records doesn't seem to agree with them...)

You should to visited this library - the first library from UNESCO Patrimony - World Heritage Center

here is a peaceful place where you can spend hours reading or studying in complete relax. you can find a huge numbers of books and there is free wi fi as well

La biblioteca Malatestiana è veramente molto ben tenuta, complimenti sinceri a tutto il personale che la mantiene così: intatta, antica e ben curata. Gli ambienti sono molto larghi così che non ci si pesta i piedi fra i visitatori. Alcuni tomi sono vermanete vecchi e fa un certo effetto leggere pagine scritte secoli fa!

Biblioteca storica ma anche biblioteca pubblica e dei ragazzi, Patrimonio dell’Unesco e del cuore di chi la visita…..bella, bella, bella, l’ho amata fin da quando l’ho vista in foto la prima volta, ma soprattutto amata da chi ci lavora: personale cordiale, contento che tu sia lì e di condividere con te questo tesoro.. .Visite guidate ogni 40 minuti, audio guide per gli stranieri, biglietto irrisorio.

Biblioteca sita all'interno di un ex convento di frati, oggi gestita dal comune e tenuta benissimo. Con pochi euro si fa una visita guidata alla scoperta di antichi manoscritti conservati perfettamente ed esposti in apposite teche. Personale preparato e cordiale!Visita assolutamente consigliata