5/19/2011

26 Most Beautiful Libraries

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E-journal L'Internaute (France) has chosen (not ranked) 26 World's Most Beautiful Libraries. If given the continent, this list includes 19 libraries in Europe, six libraries in Asia and a library in Africa.

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Library of Congress Canada is one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. In the middle of the library reading room is placed a statue of Queen Victoria.
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Library of the monastery Admont (Austria). Located on the banks of the river Enns, Admont monastery was built in 1776. Seven dome of the monastery, including the library roof, are the original Italian artist Bartolomeo Antomonte Austria (1694-1783) decorated with Baroque frescoes. Library now has more than 200,000 works
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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto, Canada
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Abbey Library of St. Gall, Switzerland is recognized as one of the richest libraries in the world of the Mediterranean region. It is a place containing a collection of the most comprehensive book Mediterranean, the book was launched in the early medieval period in the area of ​​German-speaking countries in Europe.
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Wiblingen library of the monastery, Germany
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Austrian National Library
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Trinity College library, from the University of Trinity College in Dublin, the country's largest library of Ireland. Considered the "library copy", this is the role the library copy, universal culture across the country academic Ireland. Trinity College library is also the voice represents the power of the United Kingdom.
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Library of the British Museum
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Joanina library is a Baroque architectural masterpiece, located at the University of Coimbra (Turkey), was built in the eighteenth century during the reign of King João V. Joanina library is stored more than 250,000 kinds of works, including writings on medicine, geography, history, anthropology, academia, and civil laws, philosophy and theology
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Vatican Library, Italy kept on 1.5 million books, 150,000 plus valuable posthumous edition, Macau is the oldest from the end of the Roman Empire.
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Seminary library Melk - Austria. Melk monastery or other names is the Stift Melk, founded in 1089, is a Benedictine monastic religious order of the Kingdom of Austria, is one of the most famous seminary in the world. After World War II, the monastery was converted into a school with nearly 900 undergraduate students who meet both men and women attending. Since 1625, Melk monastery to become a member of the Austrian church congregation, now Benedictine congregations in the Union.
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National Library of France kept a lot of manuscripts of famous writers, the precious manuscript book, the Bible and many ancient documents of special value as Jikji, the first book printed metal First implemented in 1377, or the oldest photographs taken by Nicéphore Niepce in 1825.
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Library of Hungary
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Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, USA
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Library Fontainebleau castle, France
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Chetham Library, Mancheste, UK
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Swedish Library of Congress
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Library of Congress, including more than 30 million books are classified and other print materials written in 470 languages, more than 61 million manuscripts, collections of rare books in North America's largest, including Draft copies of the Declaration of Independence United States, the Gutenberg Bible
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Sainte-Geneviève Library, University of Paris
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Czech National Library
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Library in Mexico
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Russian National Library
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Library at Kenwood, England
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New York Public Library is home to the largest number of books, than any system of public libraries in the United States. It serves Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island
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Library of Victoria and Albert Museum in Lon Don, England
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Library of Alexandria, Egypt

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