The Most Breathtaking Libraries of the World
It's National Library Day!
Today, we celebrate the most magical place on Earth for book readers.
For many of us, it all started with choosing one book from the shelf and sitting in a corner of the library absorbing every word on the page.
Libraries are free and an amazing way to support your community. If you want more accessibility to e-books and audiobooks, downloading the @libby.app is a good place to start.
There are some beautiful libraries worldwide that we would love to travel to! ✈️
Admont Library Austria
Admont Abbey Library is the largest monastic library in the world, and is noted for its Baroque art, architecture and manuscripts.
Biblioteca di Mafra III Portugal
The Mafra Library is considered one of the world's most magnificent Rococo library buildings. Galleries with high balustrades run around all sides of the room, whose walls arc lined with bookcases, lending it a compact, uniform appearance despite its size.
State Library Victoria in Melbourne, Australia
This was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, making it Australia’s oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the world.
Library of Trinity College, Dublin
It is the largest library in Ireland and has over 6 million printed volumes with extensive collections of journals, manuscripts, maps and music reflecting over 400 years of academic development.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
The Royal Library contains 15th and 16th century manuscripts. It is a renowned library located in the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El escorial, near Madrid, Spain.
George Peabody Library, Baltimore
The George Peabody Library is a library connected to the John Hopkins University, focused on research into the 19th century.
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library
The building was dedicated by President William Howard Taft on May 23rd, 1911. The building, which took 16 years to design and complete, was the largest marble building ever built in the U.S. at the time it opened in 1911.
Stuttgart City Library, Germany
‘Public Library at Mailänder Platz is the official name of the new Stuttgart city library, which opened its doors at the end of October 2011.
BIBLIOTECA vascncelos, mexico
The library is dedicated to Jose Vasconcelos, the philosopher and former presidential candidate and former president of the National Library of Mexico. The library is spread across 409,000 sq ft and had an initial planned cost of 954 million pesos ($98 million USD).
STRAHOV MONASTERY LIBRARY PRAGUE
The origin of the collections in the Strahov Library goes back to the 12th century, when the Premonstratensian monastery was founded there. The development of the library was interrupted several times through the centuries.
Which library would you travel to? Which ones have you already visited? More importantly, which library is your favourite? Let us know in the comments below!
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