Beautiful Libraries 1

I like books. I like to be surrounded by books and I like places that have lots of books.

This is the first of 3 posts on beautiful libraries. I’ve sorted them by country. This first post contains the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, England, Finland and France.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

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Ateneo Buenos, Aires, Argentina


State Library, Victoria, Australia


Library of the Benedictine Monastery of Admont,  Admont, Austria


Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg, Klosterneuburg, Austria


Kremsmuenster Abbey Library, Kremsmu?nster, Austria


Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria


St. Florian Monastery-Library, St. Florian, Austria


Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria


Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium


Bibliothe?que Solvay, Brussels, Belgium


Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil


Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada


Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto, Canada


The Central Public Library in Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada


Klementium Library, Prague, Czech Republic


Strahov Monastery – Theological Library, Prague, Czech Republic


Strahov Philosophical Hall, Prague, Czech Republic


Strahov Theological Hall, Prague, Czech Republic


The Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov, Prague, Czech Republic


Strahovská knihovna, Praha, Czech Republic


Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge, England


Hereford Cathedral Chained Library (Rare books were once kept chained to the bookshelf to prevent stealing.), Hereford, England


British Library, London, England


National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England


Old British Reading Room British Museum, London, England


John Rylands Library, Manchester, England


Chetham’s Library, Manchester, England


Theology Room at St. Deiniol’s library, North Wales, England


Codrington Library All Souls College, Oxford, England


Queen’s College Library, Oxford, England


Duke of Humphrey’s Library, Bodleian, Oxford University, England


University-Library, Helsinki, Finland


Bibliotheque Alencon, Normandy, France


Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France


Sorbonne Library, Paris, France

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