Malatestiana Library

The Malatestiana Library, also known as the Malatesta Novello Library, is a public library within the town of Cesena in northern Italy. Purpose-built from 1447 to 1452 and opened in 1454, and named after the local aristocrat Malatesta Novello, it's miles sizable for being the primary civic library in Europe, i.e., belonging to the commune instead of the church or a noble own family, and open to most people. The library turned into inscribed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2005.

The constructing and creation of the library became commissioned by using the Lord of Cesena, Malatesta Novello. Construction turned into directed by using Matteo Nuti from Fano and lasted from 1447 to 1452. At Novello's direction, the books were owned by using the commune of Cesena, no longer the monastery or the family. Because of this governing structure, the gathering become no longer dispersed like many monastic libraries. In 2005 UNESCO covered the Library in the Memory of the World Programme Register.