La Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli all'Albergo dei poveri?

Abstract

Architectural historian Cesare De Seta has proposed several times to move the “modern” part of the Biblioteca Nazionale of Naples, now allocated in Palazzo Reale, in the Albergo dei poveri, the largest baroque building of Europe located in a rundown area of the city. The proposal, which would solve the problems of space and functionality of the Biblioteca Nazionale and would offer an opportunity to revitalize an important area of Naples, is examined in detail for the first time through interviews with intellectuals and librarians of the city.