20 of the World's Most Beautiful Libraries

For some people it’s castles with their noble history and crumbling towers, for others it’s abandoned factories or lost cities. But for those who enjoy reading, a huge beautiful library is a place of endless pleasure. Meet 20 of the biggest and most beautiful libraries around the globe, as presented byCurious Expeditions. You can find this and more fascinating pictures onCandida Hofer's Libraries book. 

Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland

Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 

Trinity College LIbrary, AKA, The Long Room, Dublin, Ireland

Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria 

Jay Walker's Private Library 

Rijkmuseum Library, Amsterdam 

Biblioteca Geral University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal 

Wiblingen Monastary Library, Ulm, Germany

Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg, Klosterneuburg, Austria

Central Library, Seattle 

Library of the Benedictine Monastery of Admont, Austria 

George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 

Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada 

Strahov Monastery - Theological Library, Prague, Czech Republic 

Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel, Germany 

National Library, Belarus 

Riksdagen Library, Swedish Parliament Library, Stockholm, Sweden 

Sansovino Library, Venice, Italy 

Old British Reading Room, British Museum, London, England 

Library of Congress, Washington, DC, US