Box Loria (carteggio Placido Tardy)

Carteggio donated in 1925 by Prof. Gino Loria, it is characterised by the correspondence of prestigious Italian and foreign mathematicians with the mathematician and university professor Placido Tardy (Messina 1816- Florence 1914).

Carteggio Vassallo-Nurra

184 letters, cards, telegrams and a substantial number of scattered papers addressed to Luigi Arnaldo Vassallo between the second half of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century

Letters to the Directors of the Biblioteca

246 letters ‘to the editor’ and contain requests for information and loans, suggestions for book purchases or accompanying publications

Papers of Carlo Guarmani

Letters, cards, photos and poems by Carlo Guarmani purchased in 1941 by Pietro Nurra

Block Benedetto Castiglia

Sixty-four handwritten letters owned by or addressed to Benedetto Castiglia, from Palermo, editor of ‘La Ruota’ and ‘Il Momento’, a famous Dante scholar, anti-romantic and bitter critic of Rosmini and Manzoni, he was considered a weirdo, an oddball.

Cards Chinazzi

Autographs, notes, printed works, official certificates and letters belonging to and concerning Carlo Giuseppe Chinazzi, writer, philosopher and lecturer.

File Arturo Issel

The file, sorted at the time either by an anonymous librarian, or by the possessor himself, is mostly composed of letters, telegrams and cards adhering to the solemn celebrations that the University of Genoa organised for 9.XII.1906 on the occasion of...

Archive Graziella Conti

In her study archive, Graziella Conti has gathered, sorted and preserved a large collection of study texts, photographs and images, most of which she has taken herself.

Box Emanuele Celesia

600 documents, mostly letters received by Celesia during the course of his activities, including as professor of Italian Literature at the University of Genoa and as director of the Genoa University Library.

Cards Cervis

Papers on the Napoleonic Revolutionary Period

Autographs of Giuseppe Pitrè

Quaranta lettere di Giuseppe Pitrè (1841-1916), folclorista, studioso in particolare delle tradizioni siciliane

The new seat: Ex Hotel Colombia

Since a long time the current seat, even if increased with the Balbi 38b rooms, is not able to assure sufficient space to lodge the book collections. To correct this problem, the Ministry for the goods and the Cultural Activities has recently bought...

The College of Jesus's Society

The headquarters of biblioiteca, closed in July 2014, represents the origins and evolution of our library collections. The Library occupied part of the second and third floor of the ex College Of Jesus's Society, that today lodges the rectorship and a...

Nine hundred

The continuous widening of the book funds placed the problem of the insufficiency of the premises soon. After several hypotheses, the solution was identified destining the ex church of the Collegio dei Gesuiti (the College Of The Jesuits) at new...

Eight hundred

Declared in 1801 Pubblica Biblioteca Nazionale (National Public Library), in the December 1802 the government sanctioned the library title to receive the compulsory deposit from the printers of Liguria. In 1815, with the passage of the Ligurian...

Origins

The Biblioteca Universitaria of Genova (University Library of Genova ) draws its origins from the ‘Libraria del Collegio dei Gesuiti’ (Library of the Jesuit College). The Biblioteca Universitaria of Genova (University Library of Genova ) draws its...

Where we are

Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova Via Balbi 40 16126 Genova telefono: +39 010 2546431 numero verde: 800 99 11 99 e-mail: bu-ge@cultura.gov.it pec: bu-ge@pec.cultura.gov.it

How to get there

By car: Exit "Genova-West" By train: Genoa P. Principe Walking: 2 minutes from the station P. Principe By plane: 30 minutes (Volabus in connection with the flights) By bus : from town centre Nos.20-30-34-35 buses; subway station "Prince"

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