The Castle of Montevetrano is a medieval castle in the municipality of San Cipriano Picentino. The fortress originated from a Roman castrum of the 3rd century BC, built to control the Picentine populations who were relocated in the plain of Sele.
Between the 11th and 13th centuries, it was equipped with perimeter walls, with an entrance gate on the north side, and a cylindrical tower located inside the courtyard.
In 1867, the Carabinieri (Italian military police) used the castle to monitor the incursions of bandits. During World War II, the castle was occupied by the German army, who, thanks to its strategic position on the hill, could control the entire Sele Valley.
The castle's intact perimeter walls, four interior rooms, the three-level cylindrical tower, and two large cisterns have survived to this day.
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.