Photographer Goes Around The World In Search Of The Most Beautiful Libraries, And Here Is What He Found

Aren't libraries just magical? The peaceful silence, the mysteries of hundreds of books, the smell of them... And if the library itself is a Baroque architecture masterpiece it sure helps to increment the fascination. In case that your community hasn't been blessed with a local library resembling the one in Hogwarts, we can offer a picture list of the most beautiful ones for you to dwell on.

Italian artist Massimo Listri has traveled around the world capturing the beauty of the most famous libraries. The chosen institutions, revered for their historical value, architectural relevance and preciousness of the books they keep, are standalone works of art. For those lucky enough to visit these design marvels, spending a whole day at the library doesn't sound so bad!

Most of these ornate bibliothecas aren't open for civic uses, so Listri's pictures can take you on tour to those kept from the public eye. From Gothic architecture halls to gilded public libraries, these magnificent establishments can leave you in awe.

Scroll down and let your bibliophile side marvel at the charm the likes of which only these libraries can offer!

More info: Instagram | massimolistri.com

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Baroque Architecture Library Of Saint Gall, Gallen, Switzerland

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Photographer Goes Around The World In Search Of The Most Beautiful Libraries, And Here Is What He Found

Baroque Architecture Library Of Saint Gall, Gallen, Switzerland

Palace Of Mafra Library, Mafra, Portugal

Famous Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland

Metten Abbey Library, Metten, Germany

Library Of Fermo, Fermo, Italy

Royal Portuguese Cabinet Of Reading, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Wiblingen Abbey Library, Wiblingen, Germany

Sainte-Geneviève Public Library, Paris, France

Riccardian Library, Firenze, Italy

Seitenstetten Abbey Library, Seitenstetten, Austria

Library Of The Monastery Of San Francisco, Peru, South America

Wiblingen Abbey Library, Wiblingen, Germany

Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czech Republic

National Library Of St Mark's, Venice, Italy

Marucelliana Library, Florence, Italy

Escorial Library, Madrid, Spain

Admont Abbey Library, Admont, Austria

Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Weimar, Germany

Saint Emmeram's Abbey Library, Regensburg, Germany

Ottobeuren Abbey Library, Ottobeuren, Germany

Melk Abbey Library, Melk, Austria

State Library Oratoriana Girolami, Napoli, Italy

Joanina Library, Coimbra, Portugal

Codrington Library, Oxford, Uk

Palatina Library, Parma Italy

Library Of Duke D'aumale, Sicily, Italy

Padula Charterhouse Library, Padula, Italy

General Archive Of The Indies, Seville, Spain

Palafoxiana Library, Puebla, Mexico

Braidense National Library, Milan, Italy

Academy Of Science, Torino, Italy

Angelica Library, Rome, Italy

Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican City

Palermo Public Library, Palermo, Italy

The Crociera Library, Rome, Italy

Taipei Public Library, Taipei City, Taiwan

Corsiniana Library, Rome, Italy

Casanata Library, Rome, Italy

Vallicelliana Library, Rome, Italy

Palazzo Altieri Library, Rome, Italy

Public Library Of Imola, Imola, Italy

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