Beautiful libraries from around the world

Vatican Library, Vatican City, Rome
















State Library, Victoria, Australia

Waldsassen Abbey Library, Bavaria, Germany










Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland



















Kremsmuenster Abbey Library, Kremsmünster, Upper Austria.













Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA














Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (Possibly the most beautiful library of them all.)















St. Florian Monastery-Library, Austria















Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada












Hereford Cathedral Chained Library, Hereford, England (Rare books were once kept chained to the bookshelf to prevent stealing.)