Venice, Italy
9th century
Venice, Italy
1063-1093
Venice, Italy
1340
Rome, Italy
72-80 AD
Vatican, Vatican City State
1477
Vatican, Vatican City State
1506-1626
Rome, Italy
126 AD
Vatican, Vatican City State
1471-1605
Rome, Italy
8th century BC
Rome, Italy
134-139
Vatican, Vatican City State
1475
Verona, Italy
c. 30 AD
Turin, Italy
14th century
Vernazza, Italy
11th century
Ercolano, Italy
7th century BCE
Verona, Italy
c. 1329
Turin, Italy
1679
Riomaggiore, Italy
13th century
Rome, Italy
432 AD
Pompei, Italy
7th century BCE
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.