The École Française de Rome (EFR), founded in 1875, is one of the leading foreign institutions for research in humanities in Rome. It has a splendid library, holding more than two hundred thousand volumes and approximately two thousand periodicals. The holdings cover, additionally to the library’s main focus on the Mediterranean in ancient and medieval times, including Church history, also history and other fields of the humanities and social sciences from prehistory to the present day. The EFR’s library houses probably the best collection of Medieval Studies in Rome and is member of the URBiS library network. For further information (e.g., access, opening hours, or EFR events), please consult the EFR’s homepage.
Palazzo Farnese, Piazza Farnese 67, 00186 Rome
tel. 06 6860 1427 or accueil.bibliotheque[at]efrome.it