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Thread of the most beautiful libraries on Earth

1. Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Image
2. Trinity College Library, Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Image
3. Municipal Law Library, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Image
4. Strahov Monastery Library, Czech Republic ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Image
5. Admont Abbey Library, Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น
6. Saint Florian Monastery Library, Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Image
7. New York Public Library, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Image
8. Wiblingen Abbey Library, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Image
9. Tianjin Binhai Library, China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Image
10. Girolamini Library, Naples ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Image
11. Livraria Lello, Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Image
12. Abbey Library of Saint Gall, Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Image
13. Royal Library of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Image
14. Clementinum Library, Czech Republic ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Image
15. National Library of France, France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Image
16. Library of Parliament, Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Image
17. El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Argentina ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Image
18. Austrian National Library, Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Image
19. Joanina Library, Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Image
20. Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican City ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Image
21. State Law Library of Iowa, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Image
22. Bodleian Library, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

The main research library of the University of Oxford is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and second-largest library in Britain after the British Library. Image
23. Rijksmuseum Research Library, Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
24. Morgan Library & Museum, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Image
25. Biblioteca Casanatense, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
26. Szabo Ervin Library, Hungary ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Image
27. Bibliothรจque de l'Assemblรฉe nationale, France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Image
28. George Peabody Library, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Image
29. John Rylands Library, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Image
30. Biblioteca Marciana, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Image
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