Near some saloons of the monastery of Saint Chiara, 17/05/1800 was founded, on initiative from the Priest Giuseppe Ciprì, the town Library, subsequently call Liciniana from the pseudonym of Mopso Licinio, that him same hi had chosen within the academy Euracea. 
It was proper Cipri' to constitute the first fund with the volumes of his personal library, they followed other donations subsequently, and he formed so the first nucleus of a thousand of books. Today the library counts around 100.000 volumes. Numerous they are the manuscripts of of the abbot Paolo Balsamo, of the historian Niccolo' Palmeri, of Baldassare Romano, of Rosina Salvo, of the Coppola, of the La Manna, of the Burgio and of so many others, as well as five hundred different editions, an ancient erbuario, and he anchors a collection of Sicilian grasses, a harvest of privileges and diplomas of the city, 19 parchments and a rich collection of writings autographs of notable interest historical papery material immense letterario.Un, that represents a patrimony of inestimable value