Biblioteca Marciana

The Marciana Library or Library of Saint Mark is a public library in , Italy. It is one of the earliest surviving public libraries and repositories for manuscripts in Italy and holds one of the world's most significant collections of classical texts.
marciana.venezia.sbn.it
bibliotecanazionalemarciana.cultura.gov.it
+39 041 240 7211
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 8:00 AM—7:00 PM
    Saturday: 8:00 AM—1:30 PM
    Sunday: closed
  • Email: biblioteca@marciana.venezia.sbn.it
  • Type: Library
  • Description: library in Venice, Italy
  • Also known as: “Biblioteca di San Marco”, “Biblioteca Nazionale in Palazzi della Libreria Vecchia e della Zecca”, “Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana”, “Library of Saint Mark”, “Libreria Marciana”, “Marciana Library”, “Marciana National Library”, “National Library of Saint Mark”, “National Library of St Mark”, “National Library of St Mark’s”, and “Palazzo della Libreria Sansoviniana”
  • Address: 3, San Marco, Venezia, 30124

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Piazza San Marco and Doge’s Palace.

Square
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, often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of , Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza. is situated 100 metres northwest of Biblioteca Marciana.

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The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and the residence of the Doge of Venice, the elected authority of the former Republic of Venice. is situated 120 metres northeast of Biblioteca Marciana.

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St Mark's Campanile is the bell tower of in , Italy. The campanile is a reconstruction completed in 1912, the previous tower having collapsed in 1902.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Marco and Castello.

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is the central district of . It is home to many of Venice's major points of interest, and consequently can be extremely crowded with tourists, especially during the day when cruise ships unload their passengers.

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is one of six sestieri that make up .

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is one of six sestieri that make up . Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.

Biblioteca Marciana

Latitude
45.43348° or 45° 26′ 1″ north
Longitude
12.33923° or 12° 20′ 21″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Height
13 metres (43 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FQJC8MQ+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 206333242
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
7910626
Wiki­data ID
Q578460
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Biblioteca Marciana” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة مارسيانا”
  • Armenian: “Մարչիանա գրադարան”
  • Basque: “Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana”
  • Belarusian: “Бібліятэка Марчыяна”
  • Bulgarian: “Библиотека Марциана”
  • Bulgarian: “Библиотека Марчана”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Chinese: “圣马可图书馆”
  • Chinese: “马尔恰纳国家图书馆”
  • Croatian: “Bibliotekа Marciane”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalna knjižnica sv. Marka”
  • Czech: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Dutch: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Esperanto: “Biblioteko Marciana”
  • Esperanto: “Librejo Marciana”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Markuksen kirjasto”
  • French: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • French: “bibliothèque nationale de Saint-Marc”
  • Georgian: “სან-მარკოს ბიბლიოთეკა”
  • German: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • German: “Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana”
  • Greek: “Μαρκιανή Βιβλιοθήκη”
  • Hebrew: “ביבליוטיקה מרציאנה”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית המרצ’אנה”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית המרציאנה”
  • Hungarian: “Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana”
  • Hungarian: “Libreria Marciana”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Marciana”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Nasional Marciana”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca di San Marco”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale Marciana”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana”
  • Italian: “Libreria di San Marco”
  • Italian: “Libreria Marciana”
  • Italian: “Libreria Sansoviniana”
  • Italian: “Libreria Vecchia”
  • Japanese: “国立マルチャーナ図書館”
  • Korean: “국립 마르차나 도서관”
  • Korean: “마르차나 국립 도서관”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Marciana”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Sancti Marci”
  • Macedonian: “Библиотека Маркиана”
  • Macedonian: “Библиотека Маркијана”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Norwegian: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه مارسیانا”
  • Polish: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Марчиана”
  • Serbian: “Biblioteka Marčijana”
  • Serbian: “Biblioteka Svetog Marka”
  • Serbian: “Marčijana”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека Марчана”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека Марчијана (Венеција)”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека Марчијана Венеција”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека Марчијана у Венецији”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека Марчијана”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека Светог Марка”
  • Serbian: “Марчијана”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Biblioteka Marciana”
  • Slovenian: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Slovenian: “Knjižnica svetega Marka”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de San Marcos”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional Marciana”
  • Swedish: “San Marcobiblioteket”
  • Swiss German: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Turkish: “Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Turkish: “Marciana Millî Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна бібліотека святого Марка”
  • Urdu: “مارسیانا کتب خانہ”
  • Venetian: “Biblioteca Marciana”

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