This is the second of 3 posts on beautiful libraries. This post contains the following countries: Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Scotland and Spain.

Bad Schussenried Bibliothekssaal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Waldsassen Abbey Library, Bavaria, Germany

Library of the Prussian King Frederic the Second in Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Wiblingen Monastary Library, Ulm, Germany
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Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Weimar II, Weimar, Germany

Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel, Germany

Cathedral Library, Kalocsa, Hungary

National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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Trinity College Library aka The Long Room, Dublin, Ireland

Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence, Italy

Biblioteca Di Bella Arti, Milan, Italy

Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy

Casanatense Library, Rome, Italy

Sansovino Library, Rome, Italy

Vatican Library Vatican City, Rome, Italy

Biblioteca Palafoxiana, Puebla, Mexico

Rijkmuseum Library, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Maastricht, Holanda, Maastricht, Netherlands

Dutch Royal Archives Library, The Hague, Netherlands
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Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer Der Staten-Generaal Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands

Library of St. Walburga, Zutphen, Netherlands

Biblioteca Geral University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Joanina Library University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Biblioteca do Pala?cio Nacional da Ajuda Lisboa III, Lisbon, Portugal

Biblioteca do Palacio e Convento de Mafra I, Lisbon Coast, Portugal

Library of the National Palace of Mafra, Mafra, Portugal

Livraria Lello, Porto, Portugal

Russian National Library, St. Petersburg, Russia

The New Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

Rennie Mackintosh Library, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Biblioteca Castilla, La Mancha, Spain

Biblioteca de la Real Academia De La Lengua, Madrid, Spain

Salamanca Library, Salamanca, Spain

El Escorial Library, San Lorenzo, Spain














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When traveling I never thought to visit a library. I’m now adding libraries to my iteneray. Fantastic pictures
Beautiful site! Since 1968 I collected myself some 12.000 pictures of libraries (buildings and interiors all over the world.
I let you know that the pictures of
- Maastricht, Holanda,Maastricht, Netherlands
and
- Livraria, Lello, Porto, Portugal
are not libraries but bookshops.
Anyway two of the most beautiful bookshops in Europe.
Hans Krol
Library Museum
The Netherlands
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