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 Capitolare opens up to the world with EssilorLuxottica and the 'Eyes on Art' initiative

New video presentation by EssilorLuxottica lands in Milan and New York

By winning the EssilorLuxottica Digital Prize in the 2023 edition of the Fondazione Patria della Bellezza competition, the Capitolare has been awarded a special multimedia exhibition space that will be shown on the big screens in Milan and on Fifth Avenue in New York

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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Skillful art. Differently

Meeting with AbilityArt Association

New appointment with the cycle of meetings "Let's talk about it. In dialogue with the present", scheduled for Friday 19 April at 6 p.m..

Monsignor Bruno Fasani will dialogue with Simona Atzori and Annalisa Paganini, artists who paint with their feet and mouth respectively, and with the head of communication of AbilityArt: an association dedicated to the promotion of art in contexts of disability, for a diffusion of beauty beyond all barriers.

Guided tours (Italian)

Our scientific staff will accompany you on the discovery of the Capitolare's thousand-year history.

A walk with the Prefect (Italian)

An exciting journey, guided by Msgr. Bruno Fasani

Every month we organise the ‘Walk with the Prefect’, our best-selling event. A special visit in which Monsignor Bruno Fasani, Prefect of the Capitolare, will be the charismatic guide who will take you on an exciting journey to discover the millennial history of the Capitolare and of the city of Verona. ... Keep reading

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