20 of the World's Most Beautiful Libraries
12/23/2008 under Cool Places -TAGS: Beautiful Libraries, Amazing Libraries, Greatest Libraries
For some people it’s castles with their noble history and crumbling towers, for others it’s abandoned factories or lost cities. But for those who enjoy reading, a huge beautiful library is a place of endless pleasure. Meet 20 of the biggest and most beautiful libraries around the globe, as presented by Curious Expeditions. You can find this and more fascinating pictures on Candida Hofer's Libraries book.
Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland
Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Trinity College LIbrary, AKA, The Long Room, Dublin, Ireland
Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria
Jay Walker's Private Library
Rijkmuseum Library, Amsterdam
Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada
Strahov Monastery - Theological Library, Prague, Czech Republic
Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel, Germany
Biblioteca Geral University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Wiblingen Monastary Library, Ulm, Germany
Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Central Library, Seattle
Library of the Benedictine Monastery of Admont, Austria
George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
National Library, Belarus
Riksdagen Library, Swedish Parliament Library, Stockholm, Sweden
Sansovino Library, Venice, Italy
Old British Reading Room, British Museum, London, England
Library of Congress, Washington, DC, US
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