Cuneo Civic Library - Information
Civic Library of Cuneo
Office contact details
Contacts
: Telephone: 0171 444 640 (for renewals 0171 444 656 – Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm)
Email: biblioteca@comune.cuneo.it
Permanent closure of Via Cacciatori delle Alpi
The headquarters on Via Cacciatori delle Alpi is permanently closed to the public to allow for the reorganization of the collections and the transfer to the new library in Palazzo Santa Croce, which is scheduled to open at the end of September.
Loans and renewals are suspended . For returns, please use the 24-hour box .
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Library catalog
Searches in the library catalog are conducted through theSBNCloud OPAC. Availability is updated in real time.
With the transition to SBNCloud (active since 06/07/2026), the Librinlinea regional catalog is no longer updated.
Description of functions
The Cuneo Civic Library is located in the seventeenth-century Palazzo Audiffredi, in the historic center of the capital of the Granda region.
It is the oldest civic library in Piedmont; the first documents relating to its institution date back to 1802, with its opening in 1803, when Cuneo, under French domination, was the capital of the Stura Department.
In its various locations it holds 300,000 volumes, records 50,000 loans per year, manages the Legal Deposit, hosts numerous events, including book presentations and exhibitions, and edits several publications.
It is the Network Centre of the Cuneo Library System.
Organizes, with the Department of Culture, the City of Cuneo Award for the First Novel and scrittorincittà:
