World Libraries: Stunning Classics of European Countries.

Only library books speak with such wordless eloquence of the power good stories hold over us.(Stephen King)

Libraries of the world present the gorgeous storage of human history, wisdom, creativity, lust of life and eventflows. But besides all that, every library is a place of a unique atmosphere, architecture, interior, majesty or cosiness, classic or modern décor and lots of other characteristics. Each library has its own face and spirit which sometimes are taken through the ages while in other cases only starting their path.

Let’s set off to have a virtual trip around the famous libraries which can already be called “classics of the genre”. They are many years old, they keep the writing of many generations and they amaze visitors with their splendour. And we will start our trip from well-known European libraries.

Just click or tap on any illustration to see them in the gallery mode.

Biblioteca Admont Abbey, Austria

Strahov Monastery Library, Czech Republic

Abbey Library of Saint Gall, Switzerland

Trinity Library, Ireland

Codrington Library, Great Britain

The Radcliffe Camera Library, Great Britain

The British Museum, Great Britain

Rijksmuseum Library, the Netherlands

National Library, France

San Lorenzo de El Escorial Library, Spain

There are so many beautiful libraries with unique appearances and original histories. New photo trips for bookworms will be found here very soon.

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