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Digital collections of National Library in Florence.
(Italian)
Digital collections of National Library in Rome.
(Italian)
In addition to a 30.000 book lending library, the Foundation boasts a Historical Library with some 350.000 titles, including large numbers of incunabula and ancient texts. Works are translated online, with a map pointing to their origin, and can be searched via title, place or author.
(English interface)
Digital collections of National Library in Naples.
(Italian)
Database of Latin works available in digital book format.
(Latin)
"Now it gives us great pleasure to welcome you ... to the digital Loeb Classical Library, and to invite you to enjoy its Greek and Latin texts alongside English translations, in the familiar ways and in surprisingly new ones."
(Greek, Latin and English)
Digitized documents, posters, and images.
Index Advanced Search
(Italian facsimiles)
Digital repository of ancient manuscripts.
The main page in Italian, here
The open catalogue in Italian, here
(facsimiles; English interface)
Collection of Italian Historians from the Sixth to the Sixteenth Century.
??? by Muratori...
(6th to 16th centuries; multivolume set, transcriptions in Latin and Italian)
Chronologically organized Latin texts.
From Bibliotheca Augustana
(650 BC-1914; Latin; facsimiles and transcriptions)
Databases of online digitized newspaper, periodicals, etc., chiefly from Italian sources.
(PDF file with clickable links to numerous databases; Italian)
Index of various historical catalogs including ancient manuscripts, letters, and maps.
By Biblioteca Digitale Italiana.
Browse collections
Browse contents
(Italian interface)
The collection of Occidental manuscripts of the time from the 6th to the 20th century includes around 38,000 codices, among them predominantly 17,000 Latin and 13,000 German manuscripts, but also more than 1,000 French ones, 950 Italian ones, 650 Greek ones, 145 Spanish and Portuguese ones and 124 Slavic ones.
From Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
(6-20th century; facsimiles; English interface)
Digitized at the Manuscripts Department
(Italian facsimiles)
(English interface; facsimiles)
Documents demonstrating how Garibaldi and the Italian Risorgimento "were portrayed in contemporary media."
(1282-1945; Italian facsimiles)
Collections from the Medici containing a number of political-diplomatic as well as personal correspondences.
From Archivio di Stato di Firenze
(14-16th century; Italian)
Historical archive of La Stampa newspaper issues since the times of Italian unification.
(1867-2005; searchable database of facsimile images)
Collections of newspapers, letters and archive documents.
(Facsimiles, Italian)
Archives of digitized newspaper "l'Unità," which closed in 2014.
(1924-2014; Italian facsimiles)
Collection of last letters.
(Early 20th century; Italian)
Italian page of the World Documents Library.
(photos; facsimiles)
Digital facsimiles of rare books and manuscripts.
(Italian facsimiles and web interface)
Collection of historical documents on recent Italian history, especially in relation to Russia.
(Russian)
More than 1 million digitized free-access images from library collections: books, newspapers, manuscripts, prints, maps, postcards and much more ...
(Italian; facsimiles)
A description about Americans traveling in Italy during the Nineteenth Century.
Facsimiles & transcriptions; 17th - 20th centuries with emphasis on 19th century.
In cooperation with Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sul Viaggio in Italia (CIRVI)
Catalogue includes coins, newspapers, manuscripts, maps, books, images, etc, with Italian background.
(1530- ; Italian, English and Dutch; facsimiles)
Digital library of sources for Italian women's history.
(19th century to present; social and political manifests, newspapers, journals, books and documents)
Rare digitized Italian socialist newspapers and journals, including Cuore e Critica, La Difesa Delle Lavoratrici, Lotta di Classe, Rassegna Socialista (1893), Rassegna Socialista (1949), Socialismo, La Colonna Infame, and various propaganda materials.
(19th-20th centuries; facsimiles)
Browsable by alphabetical title or by year.
Available in English, German, or Italian interface.
(19th to 20th centuries; newspaper facsimiles in German or Ladino language)
including essays of important economic thinkers from Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, and other countries.
(English transcriptions and translations)
Archive with over 4,000 hours of Italian films, newsreels, and documentaries. Also includes over 400,000 photos.
(Italian descriptions)
Historical Italian books available for download.
(Italian)
The patrimony of ethnographic interest includes more than 5,000 hours of recordings, 100,000 images and a rich collection of audiovisual documents.
(English)
The archives contain only not parchment documents, but an extraordinary variety of documentary typologies ranging from photographs to sound recordings, from movies to drawings, from musical scores to posters.
(Italian)
Collection of historical maps of Italy.
(facsimiles)
Collection of historical maps of Europe.
(facsimiles; Hungarian)
Series of historical collections, including historical magazines, periodicals, correspondence, and photographs.
(Italian)
The Diplomat consists of over 144,000 rolled scrolls, including imperial and pontifical diplomas, letters from public chancelleries and private notarial deeds, and documents from the High Middle Ages (8th century) up to the 19th century.
(Italian)
The "Nuovo Rinascimento" Telematic Database holds electronic texts of works by Italian authors, essays, bibliographies, didactic materials and informatic materials in general, pertinent to the history and current events of Italian literature and culture.
(Italian)
News reports and other documentation of Italian historical events.
(Italian)
The arms of almost every region and town in Italy.
(facsimiles; English)
Antique maps of Italy.
Compiled by Istituto Geografico Militare
(Italian)
(Facsimiles)
Collection of periodicals.
(Italian)
Archive of periodicals.
(Italian)
Archive of periodicals from 1914 to 1943.
(Italian)
Archive of periodicals from 1886 to 1926.
(Italian)
Archive of periodicals from 1879 to 1919.
(Italian)
Archive of periodicals from 1859 to 1912.
(Italian)
Archive of periodicals since 1984.
(Italian)
  • World Wonders Project
Italian heritage sites viewed with Google street view technology.
18th Century Royal Palace at Caserta
Archaeological Areas of Pompei
Castel del Monte
Cinque Terre
Costiera Amalfitana
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
Historic Center of Florence
Historic Center of Naples
Historic Center of San Gimignano
Historic Center of Siena
Historic Center of Urbino
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Rupestrian Churches of Puglia and the City of Matera
Santi Quattro Coronati Cloister
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Temple of Hercules
Temple of Portunus
The Trulli of Alberobello
Villa Adriana, Tivoli
Villa d’Este, Tivoli
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