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 Chamber of Commerce of Verona for the Capitolare

The Verona Chamber of Commerce's contribution to the new exhibition spaces

The development of the exhibition area of the world's oldest surviving library continues. Thanks also to the contribution of the Verona Chamber of Commerce, it was possible to implement new rooms, enhanced by multimedia installations that combine the ancient and the contemporary.

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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Your 5x1000 to the Capitolare

Be part of writing the next pages of our history!

Choose to donate your 5x1000 to the Fondazione Biblioteca Capitolare to support the activities of the world's oldest operating library!

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