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.
Photo: Melozzo da Forlì, Public domain.- Opening hours: Monday–Friday 9:00 AM–5:20 PM
- Type: Library
- Description: library of the Holy See
- Also known as: “Apostola vatikana Biblioteko”, “Apostoliska biblioteket”, “Arhivele Vaticanului”, “BAV”, “Biblioteca Apostolica”, “Biblioteca Apostòlica Vaticana”, “Biblioteca del Vaticà”, “Biblioteca del Vaticano”, “Biblioteca do Vaticano”, “Biblioteca Palatina”, “Biblioteca vaticana”, “Biblioteca Vaticană”, “Bibliotêca Vaticànn-a”, “Biblioteko Apostola vatikana”, “Bibliotheca Vaticana”, “Bibliotheca Vaticanae”, “Bibliothèque apostolique”, “Bibliothèque apostolique du Vatican”, “Bibliothèque du Vatican”, “Bibliothèque Vaticane”, “Libreria del Vaticano”, “Salone Sistino”, “The Vatican Library”, “Vatican Apostolic Library”, “Vatican. Biblioteca vaticana”, “Vaticana”, “Vatikanens bibliotek”, “Vatikanische Bibliothek”, “Vatikansk bibliotek”, “Vatikanska biblioteket”, “Vatikánská knihovna”, “Апостолическата Ватиканска Библиотека”, “Апостольская библиотека Ватикана”, “Апостольська Бібліотека Ватикану”, “Библиотека Ватикана”, “Библиотека на Ватикана”, “Бібілотека Ватикану”, “Бібліятэка Ватыкана”, “Ватиканская апостолическая библиотека”, “Ватиканская библиотека”, “ספריית הוואתיקן”, “ספריית הווטיקן”, “مكتبه الفاتيكان”, “ヴァチカン図書館”, “ヴァティカン図書館”, “梵蒂冈图书馆”, and “梵蒂冈教廷图书馆”
- Address: Cortile del Belvedere, Città del Vaticano, 00120
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica.
Sistine Chapel
Church
St. Peter’s Basilica
Church
Vatican museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vatican and Old Rome.
Vatican Library
- Categories: national library, Departments of the Roman Curia, office of the Roman Curia, and education
- Location: Municipio Roma XIV, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.90475° or 41° 54′ 17″ north
Longitude
12.45496° or 12° 27′ 18″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Open location code
8FHJWF33+VX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=library
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Vatican Library” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مكتبة الفاتيكان الرسولية”
- Arabic: “مكتبة الفاتيكان”
- Aragonese: “Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana”
- Armenian: “Վատիկանի գրադարան”
- Asturian: “Biblioteca Apostólica Vaticana”
- Azerbaijani: “Vatikan Apostol Kitabxanası”
- Basque: “Vatikanoko Liburutegia”
- Belarusian: “Ватыканская апостальская бібліятэка”
- Belarusian: “Ватыканская бібліятэка”
- Bengali: “ভ্যাটিকান লাইব্রেরি”
- Bosnian: “Vatikanska biblioteka”
- Bulgarian: “Ватиканска библиотека”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Vaticana”
- Chinese: “梵蒂冈宗座图书馆”
- Chinese: “梵蒂岡宗座圖書館”
- Croatian: “Vatikanska knjižnica”
- Czech: “Vatikánská apoštolská knihovna”
- Danish: “Vatikanbiblioteket”
- Dutch: “Vaticaanse Bibliotheek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبة الفاتيكان”
- Esperanto: “Vatikana Biblioteko”
- Estonian: “Vatikani raamatukogu”
- Finnish: “Vatikaanin apostolinen kirjasto”
- Finnish: “Vatikaanin kirjasto”
- French: “bibliothèque apostolique vaticane”
- French: “Bibliothèque apostolique vaticane”
- Galician: “Biblioteca Apostólica Vaticana”
- Georgian: “ვატიკანის ბიბლიოთეკა”
- German: “Vatikanische Apostolische Bibliothek”
- Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη του Βατικανού”
- Hebrew: “ספריית הוותיקן”
- Hindi: “वेटिकन पुस्तकालय”
- Hungarian: “Vatikáni Apostoli Könyvtár”
- Hungarian: “Vatikáni Könyvtár”
- Ido: “Biblioteko Apostolala dil Vatikano”
- Ido: “Biblioteko Apostolala en Vatikano”
- Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Vatikan”
- Irish: “Leabharlann na Vatacáine”
- Italian: “Biblioteca apostolica vaticana”
- Italian: “Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana”
- Japanese: “バチカン図書館”
- Javanese: “Perpustakaan Vatikan”
- Korean: “바티칸 도서관”
- Latin: “Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana”
- Latvian: “Vatikāna bibliotēka”
- Ligurian: “Bibliotêca Apostòlica Vaticànn-a”
- Lithuanian: “Vatikano apaštalinė biblioteka”
- Lithuanian: “Vatikano apaštališkoji biblioteka”
- Macedonian: “Библиотеката во Ватикан”
- Macedonian: “Ватиканска библиотека”
- Malayalam: “വത്തിക്കാൻ ഗ്രന്ഥാലയം”
- Malayalam: “വത്തിക്കാൻ ലൈബ്രറി”
- Mongolian: “Ватиканы апостолын номын сан”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vatikanbiblioteket”
- Norwegian: “Vatikanbiblioteket”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bibliotèca Apostolica Vaticana”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bibliotèca Vaticana”
- Persian: “کتابخانه واتیکان”
- Piemontese: “Biblioteca apostòlica vatican-a”
- Polish: “Biblioteka Watykańska”
- Portuguese: “Biblioteca Apostólica Vaticana”
- Romanian: “Biblioteca Apostolică Vaticană”
- Russian: “Ватиканская апостольская библиотека”
- Serbian: “Ватиканска библиотека”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vatikanska biblioteka”
- Slovak: “Vatikánska apoštolská knižnica”
- Slovenian: “Vatikanska knjižnica”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Apostólica Vaticana”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Vaticana”
- Swedish: “Vatikanbiblioteket”
- Swedish: “Vatikanstatens bibliotek”
- Tagalog: “Aklatang Vaticano”
- Tamil: “வாடிகன் நூலகம்”
- Tatar: “Ватикан китапханәсе”
- Thai: “หอสมุดวาติกัน”
- Turkish: “Vatikan Kütüphanesi”
- Ukrainian: “Ватиканська бібліотека”
- Urdu: “ویٹیکن کا کتب خانہ”
- Uzbek: “Vatikan kutubxonasi”
- Vietnamese: “Thư viện Vatican”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sulod-Barasahan Vaticana”
- Welsh: “Llyfrgell y Fatican”
- Western Armenian: “Վատիկանի Մատենադարանը”
- Wu Chinese: “梵蒂冈宗座图书馆”
- Yue Chinese: “梵蒂岡宗座圖書館”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Piazza dei Protomartiri Romani and Prati.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Fontana del Cortile del Belvedere and Sphere within Sphere.
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Worth a closer look: North Centre and Old Rome.
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