Венеција, Италија
The National Library of Marchana is a Renaissance building in Venice, Northern Italy, and is one of the archaic public libraries in the country, containing one of the richest book collections in the world. The library is named after Saint Mark - the patron saint of Venice. The construction of the building began in 1537, according to the design of Giacopo Sansovino.
Today, the library contains about 13,000 manuscripts, 2,883 old printed books and 2,055 paintings printed between the 16th and 17th centuries. Among the fungible riches are the many operas of Francesco Cavalli.
