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.

Ateneo Buenos, Aires, Argentina

State Library, Victoria, Australia

Library of the Benedictine Monastery of Admont, Admont, Austria
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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
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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
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Old British Reading Room British Museum, London, England

John Rylands Library, Manchester, England
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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
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France

Sorbonne Library, Paris, France














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