Thread by @Culture_Crit

Libraries are supposed to be magnificent temples of learning.

These are the 25 most beautiful examples on Earth 🧵

1. Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪

2. Wiblingen Abbey Library, Ulm, Germany 🇩🇪

3. The Abbey Library of Saint Gall, St. Gallen, Switzerland 🇨🇭

4. The Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican City 🇻🇦

5. New York Public Library, New York City, USA 🇺🇸

6. The Girolamini Library, Naples, Italy 🇮🇹

7. The National Library of Austria, Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹

8. The Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦

9. Metten Abbey Library, Metten, Germany 🇩🇪

10. The Joanina Library, Coimbra, Portugal 🇵🇹

11. The Rijksmuseum Research Library, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱

12. The Palace of Mafra Library, Mafra, Portugal 🇵🇹

13. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York City, USA 🇺🇸

14. The Royal Library of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸

15. The Clementinum Library, Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿

16. The National Library of France, Paris, France 🇫🇷

17. The Marciana Library, Venice, Italy 🇮🇹

18. The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

19. Saint Florian Monastery Library, Sankt Florian, Austria 🇦🇹

20. The Municipal Law Library, Munich, Germany 🇩🇪

21. The Sainte-Geneviève Library, Paris, France 🇫🇷

22. The Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿

23. The George Peabody Library, Baltimore, USA 🇺🇸

24. Admont Abbey Library, Admont, Austria 🇦🇹

25. The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷

Sharing an updated list because the last one had some errors and some glaring omissions!

Any I’ve missed?

Bonus: Not a library but a bookstore:
26. The Livraria Lello & Irmão, Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹