The Biblioteca Augusta (est. 1582) is a public library in Perugia, Italy, founded by Prospero Podiani [it].[1] It opened in 1623, housed in the former Palazzo Meniconi on the Piazza Piccola.[2] It currently operates from the Palazzo Conestabile della Staffa [it] in the Porta Sole [it] area of the city.

Entrance to the Biblioteca Augusta in Perugia, photographed c.2010

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  1. ^ "Biblioteca comunale Augusta". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [it] (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ^ Treccani 2015.

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