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Founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, the Biblioteca Ambrosiana was one of the first public libraries in Europe and remains one of the most important repositories of manuscripts and early printed books in Italy. The institution sits in a quiet square in central Milan and houses, alongside the library proper, a notable picture gallery known as the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana. Cardinal Federico, cousin of the more famous Saint Carlo Borromeo, modelled his library on the great humanist collecti...