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Review of Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale ...

A cold, gray, inhospitable place, a deposit of cul...

A cold, gray, inhospitable place, a deposit of culture. Unlike the central English and Welsh libraries that host temporary topical exhibitions, cafes, restaurants, permanent exhibitions, guided tours, here you find machines in a dark underground, an old and useless public telephone, slow distributions, inability to register online or to book a book in advance to not have to go crazy and wait for hours (especially if you are not from the city), rigidity in the booking (ok give me three books at a time but keep the other three ready when I give you the first ones, don't keep me waiting another hour
and a half), Machiavellian online booking system. Culture is perceived as
monolithic and elitist and this library is not among the people. It looks like a trip in the seventies.
Ah ... you can't wear strapless clothes ?? What is this Puritanism? But get off the pedestal please!