19 Of The Most Majestic Libraries In The World

A physical location that houses thousands of collections of sources of information (that isn’t the internet) is really quite the place.

Mark Twain once said, “In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”

With that said, for a place that houses such wisdom, imagination, and information, why wouldn’t it look — and feel–  like anything other than spectacular? Here are 19 of most beautiful libraries from around to world.

1. Trinity College Library, Ireland

Image courtesy of Irish Welcome Tours’ Flickr

2. Bristol Central Library, England

Image courtesy of Steve Cadman’s Flickr stream

3. Codrington Library, England

Images courtesy of Miguel Bernas’ and Beth Hoffman’s Flickr

4. Bibliothe?que Nationale de France, France

Image courtesy of Wikipedia user Zubro.

5. The Library of El Escorial, Spain

Image courtesy of Jose Maria Cuellar’s Flickr

6. Biblioteca Geral, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Images courtesy of Taco Ekkel’s and Mick L’s Flickr

7. Handelingenkamer, Netherlands

Image courtesy of Jackie Kever’s Flickr

8. Delft University of Technology Library, Netherlands

Images courtesy of Robert Lochner’s Flickr

9. Abbey Library of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Image courtesy of Wikipedia user Stibiwiki.

10. Admont Abbey Library, Austria

11. Melk Monastery Library, Austria

12. Austrian National Library, Austria

Images courtesy of Craig Elliot’s and Jessica Curtin’s Flickr streams.

13. Wiblingen Monastery Library, Germany

Image courtesy of volzotan’s Flickr

14. Strahov Monastery Library, Czech Republic

Images courtesy of Claudia Dias’

15. Clementinum National Library, Czech Republic

Image courtesy of Bruno Delzant’s Flickr

16. Beinecke Rare Book Library in Yale University, USA

Images courtesy of Henry Trotter and Lauren Manning.

17. Palafoxiana Library, Mexico

Images courtesy of Carlos Enrique Lopez C’s and David Cabrera’s Flickr

18. Library of Congress, USA

Images courtesy of NCinDC’s and BamaLawDog’s Flickr streams.

19. Library of Parliament, Canada

Images courtesy of Wikipedia users Wladyslaw and Alejandro Erickson.

Doesn’t it make you want to get lost in a good book? If you liked these, you might want to check out this list of the most beautiful hotels from around the world. Don’t forget to give this post a thumbs up and a share with your friends on Facebook before you go. For more stories, subscribe to our free e-mail list. (h/t Mental Floss)