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This is a list of notable libraries in Italy, arranged by region.
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This is a list of notable libraries in Italy, arranged by region.
![Biblioteca del Monte [it], Umbria, Perugia Biblioteca del Monte OFM a Monteripido.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Biblioteca_del_Monte_OFM_a_Monteripido.jpg/220px-Biblioteca_del_Monte_OFM_a_Monteripido.jpg)
![Biblioteca provinciale Salvatore Tommasi [it], Abruzzo, L'Aquila L'Aquila 2011 -Palazzo del Convitto- by-RaBoe-213.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/L%27Aquila_2011_-Palazzo_del_Convitto-_by-RaBoe-213.jpg/220px-L%27Aquila_2011_-Palazzo_del_Convitto-_by-RaBoe-213.jpg)
![Biblioteca nazionale Sagarriga Visconti-Volpi [it], Apulia, Bari Biblioteca Nazionale Bari 01.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Biblioteca_Nazionale_Bari_01.jpg/220px-Biblioteca_Nazionale_Bari_01.jpg)
![Biblioteca civica di Cosenza [it], Calabria, Catanzaro Accademia Cosentina (Cosenza) 07.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Accademia_Cosentina_%28Cosenza%29_07.jpg/220px-Accademia_Cosentina_%28Cosenza%29_07.jpg)
![Biblioteca dei Girolamini [it], Campania, Naples Biblioteca dei Girolamini. 1283.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Biblioteca_dei_Girolamini._1283.jpg/220px-Biblioteca_dei_Girolamini._1283.jpg)
Italy has a well developed transport infrastructure. The Italian rail network is extensive, especially in the north, and it includes a high-speed rail network that joins the major cities of Italy from Naples through northern cities such as Milan and Turin. The Florence–Rome high-speed railway was the first high-speed line opened in Europe when more than half of it opened in 1977. Italy has 2,507 people and 12.46 km2 per kilometer of rail track, giving Italy the world's 13th largest rail network. The Italian rail network is operated by state-owned Ferrovie dello Stato, while the rail tracks and infrastructure are managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
Teodulo Mabellini was an Italian composer.
Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo was an Italian Divisionist painter. Pellizza was a pupil of Pio Sanquirico. He used a Divisionist technique in which a painting is created by juxtaposing small dots of paint according to a specific colour theory. Although he exhibited often, his work achieved popularity in death through their reproduction in socialist magazines and the acclaim they received from 20th-century art critics.
Clorinda Corradi was an Italian opera singer and one of the most famous contraltos in history.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
The Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense or Braidense National Library, usually known as the Biblioteca di Brera, is a public library in Milan, in northern Italy. It is one of the largest libraries in Italy. Initially, it contained large historical and scientific collections before it was charged with the legal deposit of all publications from Milan. Since 1880, it has had the status of a national library and is today one of the 47 Italian State libraries.
Marina Apollonio is an Italian painter and optical artist. She lives and works in Padua.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Pisa in the Tuscany region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Parma in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lucca in the Tuscany region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Pistoia in the Tuscany region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Prato in the Tuscany region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Forlì in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Piacenza in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cremona in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Italy is the home of two of the world's biggest publishers of books in terms of revenue: Messaggerie Italiane and Mondadori Libri. Other large publishers include De Agostini Editore, Feltrinelli and the RCS MediaGroup.
Biblioteca e Archivio del Risorgimento [Library and Archive of the Risorgimento], located in the Historic Center of Florence, houses regional collections relating to the Italian unification and the mid-18th century.
