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22 Beautiful Libraries Across The World You Need To Visit

They're aesthetically pleasing and won't give you a headache!

Elizabeth Latham
Mar 06, 2017
Fairleigh Dickinson University
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22 Beautiful Libraries Across The World You Need To Visit
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Libraries are pretty awesome. Not only do they house abounding knowledge and cherished stories they're also quiet, peaceful, and quite nice to look at.

Here are some of the most beautiful libraries in the world.


1. Abbey Library of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland


2. Admont Abbey Library, Admont, Austria



3. Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria



4. Biblioteca Palafoxiana, Puebla, Mexico



5. Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France



6. Clementinum, Prague, Czech Republic


7. Codrington Library, Oxford, England




8. Coimbra Library, University of Coimbra–Alta and Sofia, Coimbra, Portugal


9. Conarte Library, Monterrey, Mexico


10. George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA



11. Hearst Castle Gothic Study, San Simeon, California, USA




12. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA



13. The Library of El Escorial, Madrid, Spain



14. Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria



15. Mortlock Wing State Library, Adelaide, Australia



16. National Library of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan


17. Raza Library, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India


18. Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


19. Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czech Republic


20. Stuttgart City Library, Stuttgart Germany



21. Trinity College Old Library, Dublin, Ireland



22. Yangzhou Zhongshuge, Yangzhou, China


So there you go, don't you already feel calm and productive just looking at all those books?

Remember, these are just twenty-two of the hundreds of libraries across the country. While your own local library might not have the same pizzaz or grandeur as some of these I'm sure, if you looked close enough, you'd find something quite beautiful in the collection of knowledge all libraries supply.

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