Convent of San Marco, Florence: the library
Architect/Designer | Michelozzo di Bartolomeo (1396-1472) |
Country | Italy |
City | Florence |
Subject Date | 1441 |
Image Date | 1870 |
View | Interior |
Style | Renaissance |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | 41623 (Phot. 3520) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Libraries ; Colonnades ; Monasteries & convents ; Arcades ; Bookcases |
NOTES: Originally a medieval convent of the Silvestrine Order, this complex was enlarged in 1437-1452 to designs by Michelozzo for Cosimo il Vecchio. This public library was the first of its kind in Europe.
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