Fondazione Biblioteca Capitolare di Verona

Where knowledge meets emotion.

The first page of our history was written over 1500 years ago. To write the pages to come, we want to share our extraordinary knowledge. Creating a place where we contemplate the ancient to generate the future.

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The dog that spoke to the man

Presentation of Monsignor Bruno Fasani's new novel

On Friday, 31st October, at 5:30 p.m., Monsignor Bruno Fasani will present his new novel: a modern fairy tale about fragility, about love that saves, and about the mystery that dwells within us.

The treasures of the Capitolare

More than 1,200 manuscripts, including works unique in the world

The Capitolare holds a collection of over 1200 manuscripts, including works that are unique in the world. Among its shelves we can trace texts from the most diverse disciplines: theology, law, poetry, philosophy, astronomy, medicine, botany, history and numerous other sciences. This variety testifies to the happy encounter and mutual integration and contamination of religious and secular knowledge... Keep reading

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Educational tours for schools

Guided tours and workshops

Dedicated tours for primary and secondary schools for the 2025/2026 school year.

By sea and by land

Itineraries, charts and maps to discover the world

New temporary exhibition for summer 2025: a journey through maps, nautical charts and atlases, discovering different ways of representing the world between ancient Greece and the Renaissance.... Keep reading

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Encounter with the amanuensis - 2025 edition

Five workshop to discover the secrets of ancient and modern manuscripts

A cycle of five meetings to learn writing techniques, decorative styles and the secrets of the craftsmen's tools, with the opportunity to admire the skills of the ancient artists first hand on the manuscripts in the Capitolare.