Cesena — Biblioteca Malatestiana & Rocca
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Cesena — Biblioteca Malatestiana & Rocca

Emilia-Romagna

The Biblioteca Malatestiana is the world's first civic library to survive intact in its original 15th-century building, its reading benches and chained manuscripts largely as they were centuries ago. The Rocca fortress on the hill above gives a view over Cesena's rooftops toward the Romagna plain.

Duration
1–2 hours
Distance
3 km
Elevation
+60 m
Best season
Year-round

Parking · Free

Free parking near the library in Cesena.

Water

Fountains in the centre.

Highlights

  • World's oldest intact civic library building
  • Original 15th-century reading benches
  • View from the Malatesta hilltop fortress

With your dog

Leashed dogs welcome on the streets and hill grounds around the fortress.

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