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_id: 3635
data:
  activity:
    - areaCode: e-it
      characterisation: noc
      end: 1615
      geonamesId: 3171180
      place: Perugia
      professionOrType: cse
      start: 1535
      timespanNote: "Refined and renowned book collector, whose library he wished to open to the public so as to make the most of an important collection that many scholars knew and had access to. In 1582 Podiani made an agreement with the city government according to which his library would be the public city library. Disagreement between Podiani and the city rulers made him change his mind but the local government was eventually able to take possession of the library after his death (1615). The Biblioteca Augusta was therefore officially opened only in 1623 (G. Cecchini, La Biblioteca Augusta del Comune di Perugia, 1978; MA Panzanelli Fratoni, Bibliofilia, biblioteche private e pubblica utilita'. Il caso di Prospero Podiani, PhD thesis, University of Udine 2006; MA Panzanelli Fratoni, Prospero Podiani and the Foundation of a City Library, ISLG Bullettin 2012; P. Vian, Podiani, Prospero, entry in DBI: http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/ricerca/podiani%2C%20prospero/Dizionario_Biografico/). [A. Panzanelli].\n"
  biographicalInformation: '1535 - 1615'
  externalId:
    - http://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01882180
  gender: 1002
  name: 'Podiani, Prospero'
  note: Approximate date of birth.
  type: per
  variants:
    - 'Podianus, Prosper'
meta:
  history:
    - timestamp: 2014-11-19T12:00:00Z
    - timestamp: 2016-01-20T16:03:06
    - timestamp: 2016-01-20T16:03:36
    - timestamp: 2016-02-01T19:33:46
    - timestamp: 2016-02-02T13:22:34
    - timestamp: 2016-03-31T16:10:56
    - timestamp: 2016-03-31T16:12:25