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Thread of the world's most beautiful libraries

1. Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Brazil Image
2. Trinity College, Ireland Image
3. George Peabody Library at Johns Hopkins University, USA Image
4. Municipal Law Library, Germany Image
5. Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican City
6. Admont Abbey Library, Austria Image
7. Wiblingen Abbey Library, Germany
8. New York Public Library, USA Image
9. Abbey Library of Saint Gall, Switzerland Image
10. John Rylands University Library, England Image
11. Oxford Union Old Library, England Image
12. Strahov Monastery Library, Czech Republic
13. National Library of Austria Image
14. Joanine Library, University of Coimbra, Portugal
15. National Library, France Image
16. Clementinum Library, Czech Republic Image
17. Piccolomini Library in Siena, Italy
18. Library of Congress, USA Image
19. Saint Florian Monastery Library, Austria
20. Mafra Palace library, Portugal Image
21. Metten Abbey Library, Germany Image
22. Royal Library of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain Image
23. Braidense National Library, Italy Image
24. Istanbul University Library, Turkey Image
25. State Law Library of Iowa, USA Image
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