Vatican Library
The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library.
Melozzo da Forlì, Public domain.- Library
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (130 feet)
- …is wheelchair accessible
- …is operated by Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
- Opening hours: Monday–Friday 9:00 AM–5:20 PM
- Description: library of the Holy See
- Address: Cortile del Belvedere, Città del Vaticano, 00120
- Also known as“BAV”“Biblioteca apostolica vaticana”“Biblioteca vaticana”“The Vatican Library”“Vatican Apostolic Library”“Vatican. Biblioteca vaticana”
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310 metres south of Vatican Library
Vatican museum
The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the Vatican City.
250 metres northwest of Vatican Library
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vatican and Old Rome.
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Latitude
41.90475° or 41° 54′ 17″ north
Longitude
12.45496° or 12° 27′ 18″ east
Open location code
8FHJWF33+VX
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Vatican Library” goes by many names.
مكتبة الفاتيكانArabic
مكتبة الفاتيكان الرسوليةArabic
مكتبه الفاتيكانArabic
Biblioteca Apostolica VaticanaAragonese
Վատիկանի գրադարանArmenian
Biblioteca Apostólica VaticanaAsturian
Vatikan Apostol KitabxanasıAzerbaijani
Vatikanoko LiburutegiaBasque
Бібліятэка ВатыканаBelarusian
Ватыканская апостальская бібліятэкаBelarusian
Ватыканская бібліятэкаBelarusian
ভ্যাটিকান লাইব্রেরিBengali
Vatikanska bibliotekaBosnian
Апостолическата Ватиканска БиблиотекаBulgarian
Библиотека на ВатиканаBulgarian
Ватиканска библиотекаBulgarian
Biblioteca Apostòlica VaticanaCatalan
Biblioteca del VaticàCatalan
Biblioteca VaticanaCatalan
梵蒂冈图书馆Chinese
梵蒂冈宗座图书馆Chinese
梵蒂冈教廷图书馆Chinese
梵蒂岡宗座圖書館Chinese
Vatikanska knjižnicaCroatian
Vatikánská apoštolská knihovnaCzech
Vatikánská knihovnaCzech
VatikanbiblioteketDanish
Vatikansk bibliotekDanish
Vaticaanse BibliotheekDutch
مكتبة الفاتيكانEgyptian Arabic
Apostola vatikana BibliotekoEsperanto
Biblioteko Apostola vatikanaEsperanto
Bibliotheca Apostolica VaticanaEsperanto
Vatikana BibliotekoEsperanto
Vatikani raamatukoguEstonian
Vatikaanin apostolinen kirjastoFinnish
Vatikaanin kirjastoFinnish
Biblioteca Apostólica VaticanaGalician
ვატიკანის ბიბლიოთეკაGeorgian
Βιβλιοθήκη του ΒατικανούGreek
Vatican LibraryHebrew
ספריית הוואתיקןHebrew
ספריית הווטיקןHebrew
ספריית הוותיקןHebrew
वेटिकन पुस्तकालयHindi
Vatikáni Apostoli KönyvtárHungarian
Vatikáni KönyvtárHungarian
Biblioteko Apostolala dil VatikanoIdo
Biblioteko Apostolala en VatikanoIdo
Bibliotheca Apostolica VaticanaIndonesian
Perpustakaan VatikanIndonesian
Leabharlann na VatacáineIrish
BAVItalian
Biblioteca ApostolicaItalian
Biblioteca Apostolica VaticanaItalian
Biblioteca PalatinaItalian
Biblioteca VaticanaItalian
Libreria del VaticanoItalian
ヴァチカン図書館Japanese
ヴァティカン図書館Japanese
バチカン図書館Japanese
Perpustakaan VatikanJavanese
바티칸 도서관Korean
Bibliotheca Apostolica VaticanaLatin
Bibliotheca VaticanaLatin
Bibliotheca VaticanaeLatin
Vatikāna bibliotēkaLatvian
BAVLigurian
Bibliotêca Apostòlica Vaticànn-aLigurian
Bibliotêca Vaticànn-aLigurian
Vatikano apaštalinė bibliotekaLithuanian
Vatikano apaštališkoji bibliotekaLithuanian
Библиотеката во ВатиканMacedonian
Ватиканска библиотекаMacedonian
വത്തിക്കാൻ ഗ്രന്ഥാലയംMalayalam
വത്തിക്കാൻ ലൈബ്രറിMalayalam
Ватиканы апостолын номын санMongolian
VatikanbiblioteketNorwegian
VatikanbiblioteketNorwegian Bokmål
Bibliotèca Apostolica VaticanaOccitan (post 1500)
Bibliotèca VaticanaOccitan (post 1500)
کتابخانه واتیکانPersian
Biblioteca apostòlica vatican-aPiemontese
Biblioteka WatykańskaPolish
Bibliotheca Apostolica VaticanaPolish
Arhivele VaticanuluiRomanian
Biblioteca Apostolică VaticanăRomanian
Biblioteca VaticanăRomanian
Апостольская библиотека ВатиканаRussian
Библиотека ВатиканаRussian
Ватиканская апостолическая библиотекаRussian
Ватиканская апостольская библиотекаRussian
Ватиканская библиотекаRussian
Biblioteca apostolica vaticanaSerbian
Ватиканска библиотекаSerbian
Vatikanska bibliotekaSerbo-Croatian
Vatikanska knjižnicaSerbo-Croatian
Vatikánska apoštolská knižnicaSlovak
Vatikanska knjižnicaSlovenian
Apostoliska biblioteketSwedish
VatikanbiblioteketSwedish
Vatikanens bibliotekSwedish
Vatikanska biblioteketSwedish
Vatikanstatens bibliotekSwedish
Aklatang VaticanoTagalog
வாடிகன் நூலகம்Tamil
Ватикан китапханәсеTatar
หอสมุดวาติกันThai
Vatikan KütüphanesiTurkish
Апостольська Бібліотека ВатикануUkrainian
Бібілотека ВатикануUkrainian
Ватиканська бібліотекаUkrainian
ویٹیکن کا کتب خانہUrdu
Vatikan kutubxonasiUzbek
Thư viện VaticanVietnamese
Bibliotheca Apostolica VaticanaWaray (Philippines)
Sulod-Barasahan VaticanaWaray (Philippines)
Vatican Apostolic LibraryWaray (Philippines)
Vatican LibraryWaray (Philippines)
Biblioteca VaticanaWelsh
Llyfrgell y FaticanWelsh
Վատիկանի ՄատենադարանըWestern Armenian
梵蒂冈宗座图书馆Wu Chinese
梵蒂岡宗座圖書館Yue Chinese
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