The inner book nerd is delighted by this collection. Beautiful buildings full of beautiful books.
1. Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland
2. Mexico City Library
3. Stuttgart Library
4. New York Library
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5. The Library of El Escorial in Madrid, Spain
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6. Strahov Monastery Library in Prague, Czech Republic
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7. Admont Abbey Library in Admont, Austria
I confess. These places would be on my list if someone gave me a grand world tour. Ireland would be my first stop.
Been to the the El Escorial – fabulous wonder
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Lucky you! Yes, defiantly on my list now too 🙂
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I hear the one in Seattle is outstanding. San Antonio’s old one has this huge hanging glass art piece (from a famous artist) that was donated for their new addition with an escalator that gives you such a view of the artwork. Books, light, architecture, art, and ideas – libraries do hold the best of mankind?
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Whoa! Gorgeous. For some reason the vaulted ceilings immediately capture my imagination. I love the contrasts between the books and the surroundings. They make every book look like a work of magic!
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Agree, very grandiose ceilings and chocked full of books! Heaven 😉
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Gorgeous! All those books, all those beating hearts. 🙂
Allison
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Indeed 🙂 think you would have to drag me out!
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Haha yes! Kicking and screaming!
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog and commented:
I’ll bet Gee’s been busy running and sliding up and down these shiny floors 😀
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How did you guess? 😉
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Inside every adult there’s a child itching to play Gee 😀 😀 😀
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Fantastic!
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Trinity College and El Escorial are especially beautiful.
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Beautiful! But you definitely forgot another absolutely stunning antique library: The Abby library St. Gall, Switzerland. 🙂
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Just googled it 🙂 stunning!
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I thought so too when I saw it the first time. 🙂
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I was raised by librarians (my parents met while working in a library, though they both went on to other careers), so I’ve always thought libraries were magical (amazing architecture is a plus, of course, but mostly: books!). I got my first library card when I was three, and I remember going back into the stacks with my father when I was four or five.
My mother became an art curator and historian, so she always spent a lot of time in libraries. I remember when she was doing a lot of research at the main branch of the New York Public Library and she kept seeing a man working in one of the rooms who she became convinced was Thomas Pynchon (if she was right, he was doing research for Mason & Dixon).
I also remember my mother saying that the internet was great, but it was no substitute for a qualified research librarian. 🙂
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OMG, how lucky are you! You were doomed to be a writer, Anthony 😉
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For even more reasons than that, since my father was a writer (semi-pro). He was a humorist, and was usually working on a play or screenplay idea. I remember him at his desk, pounding away at his manual typewrier, occasionally whooping with laughter.
It made writing seem like a really fun thing to do. 🙂
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Absolutely beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing.
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Thanks Suzanne, glad you enjoyed 🙂
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Book Lover’s Heaven from Georgina Cromarty!
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Thanks for reblog 🙂
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