Friday 9 October 2015

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This is the most spectacular library in the world

This is Clementinum Library, located in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague. One of the most stunning libraries in the world. This baroque style building was opened in the 1700's  and at a point in time the Clementinum was classed as the 3rd largest Jesuit college on the planet.
Now the library has an area of 20,000 square metres, housing over 22,000 books! Now that's impressive, as soon as you enter the Clementinum it becomes easy to comprehend why this is the most breathtaking libraries that exist (or have ever existed)The amazing ceiling frescoes completely surround you with art. Painted by Jan Hiebl, the ceiling frescoes depict different motifs of education, portraits of Jesuit saints and university representatives and patrons.
Besides being beautiful it also has some of the most rare historical book collection from which a small collection has been sent to Google for scanning so it could be made available on Google Books for an even larger audience.

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