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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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Palace Of Mafra Library, Mafra, Portugal
Ashlyn Krell 6 years ago
I kind of like the artistic license that is being taken in the photos. At the same time, I don't want people to think this is exactly what they'll see if they went there in person: http://lisbonlovers.com/page.php?p=278&cat=
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Famous Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland
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Metten Abbey Library, Metten, Germany
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Library Of Fermo, Fermo, Italy
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Royal Portuguese Cabinet Of Reading, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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Wiblingen Abbey Library, Wiblingen, Germany
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Sainte-Geneviève Public Library, Paris, France
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Riccardian Library, Firenze, Italy
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Seitenstetten Abbey Library, Seitenstetten, Austria
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Library Of The Monastery Of San Francisco, Peru, South America
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Wiblingen Abbey Library, Wiblingen, Germany
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Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czech Republic
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National Library Of St Mark's, Venice, Italy
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Marucelliana Library, Florence, Italy
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Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Weimar, Germany
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Melk Abbey Library, Melk, Austria
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Joanina Library, Coimbra, Portugal
Markus Holstein 5 years ago
They keep bats in this one to get rid of bugs that might harm the books
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Palatina Library, Parma Italy
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Library Of Duke D'aumale, Sicily, Italy
Aurélien DavPat 6 years ago
The Duke library is in France, in the Chantilly castle about an houre frome Paris. I have been myself, I think if I had have to made the journey to sicily I would have notice.
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Padula Charterhouse Library, Padula, Italy
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General Archive Of The Indies, Seville, Spain
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Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican City
Cat on a bike 6 years ago (edited)
Yeah the secret library is what I want to see, not the public one... So much information behind locked doors.
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The Crociera Library, Rome, Italy
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Taipei Public Library, Taipei City, Taiwan
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Corsiniana Library, Rome, Italy
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Casanata Library, Rome, Italy
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Palazzo Altieri Library, Rome, Italy
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Public Library Of Imola, Imola, Italy
Margaret Lee 5 years ago
They are beautiful, but, personally, I love all the small town libraries where I have spent hundreds of hours, with so many dedicated librarians!
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Full Name 6 years ago
Downvoted. For some reason instead of just properly doing the white balance, the poster has changed so many of these photos to give a different enough look to these places that the whole article gives a bit of a false impression. What is to be gained by purposely altering the look of what these places actually look like since what they really look like is the whole point of the article?
Marie-Louise Chenois 6 years ago
Totally agreed, i stopped watching after page 2 because the photoshop was being too intense and i don't know if i can trust anything anymore in this post about how it does look or not...
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Aunt Messy 6 years ago
The blue shelves were over the top, but the rest are only a matter of lighting and the choices the photographer made about it.
Load More Replies... Full Name 6 years ago
Downvoted. For some reason instead of just properly doing the white balance, the poster has changed so many of these photos to give a different enough look to these places that the whole article gives a bit of a false impression. What is to be gained by purposely altering the look of what these places actually look like since what they really look like is the whole point of the article?
Marie-Louise Chenois 6 years ago
Totally agreed, i stopped watching after page 2 because the photoshop was being too intense and i don't know if i can trust anything anymore in this post about how it does look or not...
Load More Replies... Aunt Messy 6 years ago
The blue shelves were over the top, but the rest are only a matter of lighting and the choices the photographer made about it.
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