Venice, Italy
1340
Milan, Italy
13th century
Turin, Italy
14th century
Genoa, Italy
13th century
Turin, Italy
1679
Catania, Italy
1696
Venice, Italy
1428-1430
Venice, Italy
1774
Rome, Italy
1586
Venice, Italy
1649
Turin, Italy
1645
Venice, Italy
1515
Tivoli, Italy
Italian Renaissance (1550)
Venice, Italy
1453
Naples, Italy
17th century
Caserta, Italy
1752
Palermo, Italy
11th century
Rome, Italy
1514-1534
Noto, Italy
1746-1830
Rome, Italy
1583
The Clementinum is a historic complex of buildings in Prague. Until recently the complex hosted the National, University and Technical libraries, the City Library also being located nearby on Mariánské Náměstí. The Technical library and the Municipal library have moved to the Prague National Technical Library at Technická 6 since 2009. It is currently in use as the National Library of the Czech Republic.
Its history dates from the existence of a chapel dedicated to Saint Clement in the 11th century. A Dominican monastery was founded in the medieval period, which was transformed in 1556 to a Jesuit college. In 1622 the Jesuits transferred the library of Charles University to the Klementinum, and the college was merged with the University in 1654. The Jesuits remained until 1773, when the Klementinum was established as an observatory, library, and university by the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.