Biblioteca Bertoliana, Vicenza

The Biblioteca di Villa Tacchi began its activity in 1968. In 1972 it was moved to its current location, in the Urban Centre of Disctrict 3, in Villa London Tacchi, established at the beginning of the 19th century (first evidence of Napoleon's map of 1816) and, currently, it is undergoing restoration.
The villa and the surrounding park, declared of remarkable public interest in June 1969 for its awesome ornamental plants, belong to the Municipality of Vicenza since 1972.
The service provides:

• 3 rooms with 48 seats; - approximately 15.000 books, 30 periodicals with subscription and 2 daily newspapers ("Il Giornale di Vicenza" and "La Stampa"); - a children's section with works suitable also to young readers; - 1 station for the Internet.
  Features of the heritage:
• The Library owns a specialist collection of female literary books, works by female authors who have distinguished themselves in literary and social fields (eg. Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Christa Wolf, Nadine Gordimer etc.).
• Moreover there are texts about the history of feminism and female condition.
• In addition, The Biblioteca di Villa Tacchi has cared the young literature section, by purchasing several series of books for children and teens, both ficiton and publication, steadily updated and magazines about juvenile literature.