Biblioteca Lazzerini
public library in Prato, Italy
The Biblioteca Lazzarini is the main public library, also called the Lazzerini Cultural and Documentation Institute, which was inaugurated on 24 November 2009. It is located on Via Puccetti #3 in the Santa Chiara district of Prato, region of Tuscany, Italy.
The site also houses the Prato Textile Museum (Museo del Tessuto).
The modern library and reading rooms were built in the building that once formed the Campolmi Factory, a 19th-century textile mill. The designs to make the present library and museum were by Marco Mattei.
The first collections (8000 volumes, mainly ecclesiastical) for a town library were donated by the monsignor Alessandro Lazzerini (1766–1836). This collection was initially held in the Biblioteca Roncioniana, however the construction of a communal library was delayed until 1978, when the first site at via del Ceppo Vecchio 7 were opened. This library was not inaugurated until 24 November 2009.
“Biblioteca Lazzerini” enters the record as public library in Prato, Italy. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Biblioteca, Lazzerini and public can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 21, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q28670340. VIAF identifies the subject as 282084415. Authority coordinates are 43.877, 11.098. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009, 1766, 1836 and 1978.
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