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This page offers an overview of the key figures who, over the centuries, have contributed to the creation of the Classense Library.
It starts with the abbots Pietro Bagnoli from Bagnacavallo and Pietro Canneti, the great promoters of the transformation of the Abbey of Classe into a monastic complex of exceptional monumental, artistic, and bibliographic value. One only has to think of their ambitious architectural projects: the Refectory, the Sala Dantesca, and the Camaldolese Library, known as Aula Magna.
This journey also highlights the librarians of the modern era, from Olivo Orioli (the first librarian of the Classense when it became Ravenna’s municipal library) to Santi Muratori and Silvio Bernicoli, leading figures in Ravenna’s cultural life between the 19th and 20th century, right up to more recent figures, such as Manara Valgimigli and Luigi Maria Malkowski.
