libraries, books, and everything in between

[elixir]

Tianjin Binhai New Area Library - Tianjin, China.

[itscolossal]

‘Temples of Books’ Is an Ode to the Grandeur and Democratic Ideals of Public Libraries

[lina-kim-is-here]

Knowledge is power and the library is our armoury

[itscolossal]

Mirrored Ceilings and Criss-Crossed Stairwells Give a Chinese Bookstore the Feeling of an M.C. Escher Woodcut

[hopefulroadfriendplaid-deactiva]

[angelkarafilli]

Bookstore

[itscolossal]

Look Inside the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries in a New 560-Page Photo Book by Massimo Listri

[abandonedandurbex]

A library inside an abandoned 19th century victorian mansion.

[lacedheartt-deactivated20210203]

The world’s most beautiful libraries via The Guardian

Libraries included in this photoset:

Stiftsbibliothek Sankt Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland

Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland

Biblioteca Statale Oratoriana dei Girolamini, Naples, Italy

Biblioteca do Convento de Mafra, Mafra, Portugal

Siftsbibliothek Kremsmünster, Kremsmünster, Austria

Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbria, Portugal

Stiftsbibliothek Admont, Admont, Austria

Real Gabinete Português de Leitura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Strahovská Knihovna, Prague, Czech Republic

[boredpanda]

The Most Majestic Libraries In The World

[trishathebrown-deactivated20190]

Today, I discovered love at first sight.

[steampunktendencies]

Doug Sr. Home Library 

[whilereadingandwalking]

“It’s a place where books get to be books for the sake of being books.” 

—Eve L. Ewing on the Seminary Coop, Hyde Park, Chicago

[areasonablydressedwoman]

[sassydw]

[madamelesfressange]

                                    Temples Of Knowledge (Part 2)

1. Strahov Library, Prague, Czech Republic

2. Old Library in The Hague, Netherlands

3. Vatican Library, Vatican

4. Rolduc Library, Netherlands

5. Mafra Library Mafra Portugal

[itscolossal]

A Look Inside Europe’s Most Enchanting Libraries by Photographer Thibaud Poirier

[steampunktendencies]

The abbey’s library of Maria Laach

[thefabulousweirdtrotters]

My Dream

[prestidigitation]

Absolutely beautiful!!!!!