In 1990 s, the people of bologna felt that something was missing in the city. It did not have a good central library. there were many small library in different neighborhoods of the city, but none in the center.A large central library could also serve as a center for cultural and intellectual activity. The big question was where to put this new library.There are strict laws in Italy against tearing down old buildings,and in theonly possibility was to take an old building and thrn it into alibrary. In the once housed the financial exchange of the city. /it took many years of work to plan and complete the
renovation,but in 2001, the new library opened and immediately became very popular.