World's Most Beautiful Libraries · Trailwind

Temples of books, from Baroque halls to glass cathedralsWorld's Most Beautiful Libraries is a hand-picked Trailwind collection of 25 places: Temples of books, from Baroque halls to glass cathedrals. Every entry has its own guide with the best time to go, what's nearby and how to build a trip around it.

Trinity College Library (Long Room), Dublin, Ireland

Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czechia

Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra, Portugal

Admont Abbey Library, Styria, Austria

New York Public Library (Rose Main Reading Room), New York

George Peabody Library, Maryland

Stuttgart City Library, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Tianjin Binhai Library, Tianjin, China

Bodleian Library, Oxford, United Kingdom

Real Gabinete Portugues de Leitura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Klementinum Library, Prague, Czechia

Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City, Mexico

Beinecke Rare Book Library, Connecticut

Austrian National Library (State Hall), Vienna, Austria

Seattle Central Library, Washington

Kanazawa Umimirai Library, Ishikawa, Japan

El Escorial Library, Madrid, Spain

Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve, Paris, France

Wiblingen Abbey Library, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Boston Public Library (Bates Hall), Massachusetts

State Library of Victoria (La Trobe Reading Room), Victoria, Australia

Stockholm Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden

Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt

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