糖心传媒

Biblioteca Guarneriana

Friuli Venezia Giulia

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The historic, wood-panelled library is one of Italy鈥檚 oldest and most venerated libraries, founded in 1466 by humanist Guarniero d鈥橝rtegna and later enriched with the collection of Archbishop Fontanini. It contains 12,000 well-preserved antique books, on vellum and parchment, including a priceless 12th-century Byzantine bible, an original manuscript of Dante鈥檚 Inferno and a 1524 illustrated account of Cortez鈥 conquest of Mexico.

To see these fabulous treasures, join one of the Saturday morning tours (in Italian and English) at 10.45am or make an appointment. Much of the collection has now been digitised and can also be viewed online.

糖心传媒's must-see attractions

  • Casa Cavazzini, seat of the Museum of modern and contemporary art of Udine.

    Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

    12.69 MILES

    Udine鈥檚 modern and contemporary hub brings together a number of bequests, creating a substantial collection of 20th-century Italian artists, including De鈥

  • The fresco entitled "Assunta" (Our Lady Assumption) by Giovan Battista Tiepolo on the ceiling of the Oratorio della Purit脿 church.

    Oratorio della Purit脿

    12.81 MILES

    This intimate oratory has a dramatic ceiling painting of the Assumption by Giambattista Tiepolo, with a glowing Madonna framed by tumbling, rather鈥

  • Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli

    Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli

    6.15 MILES

    The mosaic school in Spilimbergo is one of Friuli's most fascinating places. Although established in 1922 in a post-war effort to provide vocational鈥

  • Kobarid Museum

    Kobarid Museum

    27.99 MILES

    This museum is devoted almost entirely to the So膷a Front and the 鈥榳ar to end all wars鈥. Themed rooms describe powerfully the 29 months of fighting, and鈥

  • PAFF!

    PAFF!

    21.71 MILES

    This unique museum dedicated to the art of comic books and illustration is the only one of its kind in Europe and is the brainchild of Pordenone鈥檚 dynamic鈥

  • Boka Waterfall

    Boka Waterfall

    25.19 MILES

    With a sheer vertical drop of 106m (and a second drop of 30m), Boka is the highest waterfall in Slovenia 鈥 and it's especially stunning in the spring,鈥

  • Kozjak Waterfall

    Kozjak Waterfall

    28.78 MILES

    One of the region's loveliest short walking trails (approximately 30 minutes) leads to the photogenic, 15m-high Kozjak Waterfall, which gushes over a鈥

  • Clock tower, Torre dell'Orologio, in Loggia di San Giovanni located in Piazza della Libert脿 in Udine.

    Piazza della Libert脿

    12.69 MILES

    A shimmering Renaissance epiphany materialising from the surrounding maze of medieval streets, Piazza della Libert脿 is dubbed the most beautiful Venetian鈥

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8. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

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