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June 2009 
Cool Libraries of The World
Posted on Jan 12th, 2008
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Photizo
Photizo
It is impossible to enter a large library... without feeling an inward sensation
of reverence, and without catching some sparks of noble emulation, from
the mass of mind which is scattered around you. - James Crossley
Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland
Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria
Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy
Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria
Sansovino Library, Rome, Italy
Wiblingen Monestary Library, Ulm, Germany
Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford, England
El Escorial Library, San Lorenzo, Spain
George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer Der Staten-Generaal
Den Haag, the Hague, Netherlands
Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA
New York Public Library, New York, USA
Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura Rio De Janeiro,
Brazil (Possibly the most beautiful library of them all.)
Russian National Library, St. Petersburg
Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Strahov Theological Hall - Original Baroque Cabinet
Suzzallo Library, Seattle, Washington, USA
The New Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Trinity College LIbrary, AKA, The Long Room, Dublin, Ireland
Waldsassen Abbey Library, Bavaria, Germany
Wren Library, Trinity Small
"Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed."
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria
Sansovino Library, Rome, Italy
Wiblingen Monestary Library, Ulm, Germany
Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford, England
El Escorial Library, San Lorenzo, Spain
George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer Der Staten-Generaal
Den Haag, the Hague, Netherlands
Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA
New York Public Library, New York, USA
Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura Rio De Janeiro,
Brazil (Possibly the most beautiful library of them all.)
Russian National Library, St. Petersburg
Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Strahov Theological Hall - Original Baroque Cabinet
Suzzallo Library, Seattle, Washington, USA
The New Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Trinity College LIbrary, AKA, The Long Room, Dublin, Ireland
Waldsassen Abbey Library, Bavaria, Germany
Wren Library, Trinity Small
"Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed."
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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WOW WOW WOW are those ever Beautiful!
Books and Libraries float my boat! LOL ;-)
Faaaabulous photos, Thank You! What artistry and architecture wow!
I went to the Library of Congress once and reached out a hand to touch the books and got my hand slapped by a guard! The nerve! See how people are with information? LOL.
I wanna see what's in the Vatican's Library! They are soooo selfish! ;-)
Wow.! such magnificent buildings.
.and what comes to mind for me is how much value we as a culture have placed on knowledge…housing it in such a way…very symbolic of how much we value the contents of our minds, illumined or otherwise…..
thanks for sharing these photos..
I'd like to check out the books on tape in those libraries………………………………..LOL!
Seriously, what I would give for a month in each of those libraries with all access! And to time travel back to the Library of Alexandria.
RIF - Reading Is Fundamental (remember that one, any one?)
Do think those libraries have periodical sections with those Sexy Models in them? Oh, the contribution they've made to mankind!!!
Superb as always DEO.
Doesn't it just make you want to spend a day sorting through some of those books? Makes the local Barnes and Noble look like the Mcdonalds of literature.
Your library is your portrait.
- Holbrook Jackson
To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. - Cicero
A library of wisdom, then, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.
- Richard de Bury
The only true equalisers in the world are books; the only treasure-house open to all comers is a library; the only wealth which will not decay is knowledge; the only jewel which you can carry beyond the grave is wisdom.
- J. A. Langford
“I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.” Carl Sagan
Love libraries. wonderful, especially the older ones with books that are out of date and no longer published. I knew a few who collected 1st editions of books and very rare books.
There's something always so intimate about books.
gorgeous. I LOVE libraries. When I was in university I'd just sit in the one we had there and try to 'absorb' all those books (It didn't work..)! I attribute my ability to research the net to being let loose in Belfast Queens Uni Library when I was 15….
Thank you for this fabulous celebration.
Sandra