Associazione Nazionale Sandro Pertini

The Pertini Library's distinction lies in the remarkable strength of its collection documenting the antifascist movement and the resistance.

The literature collected here, including numerous publications concerning local events, has been integrated and enriched by means of subsequent donations from the Istituti della Resistenza (Institutes on the Resistance) which responded to the appeal broadcast by supporters of this Association.

Particularly important is the section concerning essential documents of the history of antifascism and of the Resistance. Assembled from successive additions, now fully inventoried and ready for consultation, this collection boasts 6,500 volumes and booklets.

Part of the Library (around 600 volumes, in addition to a Gottuso painting and some symbolic representations) was donated to the Library of the Department (Facoltà) of Letters of the University of Siena at a ceremony on December 12, 1992.

Together with the Fondazione di Studi Storici "Filippo Turati," the Association offers reading hours from Monday to Friday (9:30 am - 12:30 pm), at its offices in Palazzo Coppi in via Buonarroti 13, thereby making available for consultation a joint collection of over 65,000 volumes.