Biblioteca Fardelliana

An institution for Trapani culture.

Silence. Well stocked with historical texts of inestimable value

Library stocked with famous texts by famous authors, historical texts.

The Fardelliana Library was founded on April 21, 1830 by Giambattista Fardella, of the Marquis of Torrearsa family, a high-ranking military and well-known politician (he was minister of the war of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) but above all, as far as we are concerned, a man who loves the culture, collector of works of art and passionate bibliophile. In that year the Library was opened to the public with the name of "Public Municipal Library of the Capovalle of Trapani", equipped with the prestigious personal book collection of Giambattista Fardella, consisting of valuable manuscripts, incunabula and sixteenth century. The headquarters was the Palazzo della Compagnia dei Bianchi which, in 1826, following the dissolution of the Confraternity, ceded the upper floor of its building to the Municipality with the obligation to provide for the restoration of the property and to allocate a library there. A few months after its opening, the Fardelliana Library was renamed, in honor of its founder. In March 1831 it was decided to group the Municipal Library with the provincial owned library, thus joining the initial nucleus, consisting of the numerous books and correspondence collected by General Fardella, to the substantial library fund established since 1825 by another noble from Trapani, Giuseppe Maria Berardo XXVI di Ferro, at the convent of the Discalced Augustinians. In 1881 Giovanni Battista Fardella, Mayor of the city of Trapani, great-grandson of General Fardella, with testament established a legacy in favor of the Fardelliana Library, with which the cultural institution could be managed. A Moral Body was established for the administration on September 9, 1889 and, with the same decree, its Statute was approved. (Source: Fardelliana Library)

Very quiet place, with atmosphere cheered by excellent conditioners in the summer. Ideal for university tourists because the venue is within walking distance of beautiful beaches.

Rude staff and disrespectful of the library's implicit rules of silence

A dip in childhood memories. Unfortunately, so many years later, little has changed.

Beautiful place run by competent and kind people. It preserves ancient books that should be restored and preserved. I witnessed the restoration of the binding of a choir of 1500, on goat parchment. How many treasures we have in Italy, and what wonderful people we meet ..