St. Michael’s Library is a non-state public library established in 1997 by the volunteer association that runs it. It collects more than 25,000 volumes and the ancient book collection of the Jesuit Fathers of Alghero. It is based at the former Jesuit college, in a vast architectural complex that has undergone several transformations over the centuries and was used in the past as a school, as military barracks (during the two world wars) and as a home for some families displaced during the last war as a result of bombings. Selected volumes from the ancient book collection of the Jesuit Fathers of Alghero (about 300 editions prior to 1830, including 4 sixteenth-century editions) will be exhibited at the event. Some of the volumes have been restored by the region and will be displayed for the first time to the public after restoration.
