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MOSCOW, May 28 – RIA Novosti. Today, May 28, the annual all-Russian action “Library Night” takes place. The program includes excursions, performances, concerts, master classes. The opening of the first reading hall in our country in a skyscraper exceeding 300 meters. What are the other unusual, ancient and ultra-modern book stores in the world – in the material of RIA Novosti.

Peshkov House
Branch of the Russian State Library in the Peshkov House
Branch of the Russian State Library in the Peshkov House

Various parts of “Leninka” are located in one of the most beautiful buildings in the capital of Russia – At the Pashkov HouseIt is considered a masterpiece of classicism. The palace was built in just a few years – from 1784 to 1786. Muscovites later admired it and called it a “magic castle”. True, it is not known exactly who the architect was. According to one version, Vasily Bazhenov (one of the creators of Tsaritsyno).

There is a version that in the novel “The Master and Margarita” Mikhail Bulgakov chose the roof of the Pashkov House as the meeting place for Woland, Azazello and Levi Matvey.

Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Bodleian Library, University of Oxford – One of the oldest in Europe (founded around 1320) and the first to be built specifically for the university. The collection has grown and moved to new buildings. The most well-known building is the Radcliffe rotunda (built in the mid 18th century). The magnificent building in neoclassical style has been the venue of famous films many times. For example, it can be seen in “Young Sherlock Holmes” (1985) and episodes of the epic movie about Harry Potter.

Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland
Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland
Book of Kells at Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland

Library at Trinity College Dublin Two centuries younger than the Bodleian, but no less impressive. It is visually striking thanks to the main hall – its length is almost 65 meters! And among the rarities hidden within are the Book of Kells, written in 800, and the Book of Durrow, created in the 7th century. There are Bibles on its pages.

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Saint Gall Convent Library

Saint Gall Convent Library It is the oldest in Switzerland. Its history begins in the 8th century. It is now housed in a building built in the Rococo style in 1758-1762. The interior is impressive: polished wood, oddly shaped balconies, frescoes on the ceiling.

In 1983, the library was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Admont Abbey Library, Austria
Admont Abbey Library, Austria
Admont Abbey Library, Austria
Admont Abbey Library, Austria

The Admont Abbey Library has been called the “eighth wonder of the world”. The building it is in was built in 1776 in the Baroque style. The ceiling was painted by Bartolomeo Altomonte – the frescoes depict the process of cognition. Another attraction of the book store is a series of wooden sculptures by Josef Stammel. The most famous of these are figures symbolizing death, Apocalypse, heaven and hell.

This library contains 530 incunabula. These are books printed from the beginning of the printing press to the 16th century.

New York Public Library
New York Public Library
New York Public Library

The main building of the New York Public Library It was built in 1911, located at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. And many visitors are attracted by it itself. Various events are held here. For example, weddings. Fans of “Sex and the City” probably remember that Sarah Jessica Parker’s heroine, Carrie Bradshaw, is going to marry the man of her dreams right here.

But the collection here is also impressive and varied: 15 million items, including medieval manuscripts, ancient Japanese scrolls, modern novels and poems, baseball cards and comics.

Library of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
The interior of the Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt

The Alexandrina library was opened in Egypt in 2002 in honor of the famous Alexandrina, which was destroyed centuries ago.

Its roof resembles the sun rising over the Mediterranean Sea. Symbols of different alphabets are carved on one of the walls.

In addition to the book store, there are several museums and a planetarium.

Starfield Library, Seoul, South Korea
Starfield Library, Seoul, South Korea
Starfield Library, Seoul, South Korea

Starfield Library in Seoul located in a giant shopping center – the design is appropriate: escalators, large windows.

The height of the bookcases reaches 13 meters. There are two floors – one for fiction and humanities publications, and the other for works devoted to hobbies.

Tianjin Binhai Library in China
Tianjin Binhai Library in China
Tianjin Binhai Library in China

Binhai New District Library in Tianjin, It was nicknamed “Oko”, which opened in 2017. Because of the sphere in which the reading room is located. It is located in the center and is visible from the outside through the eye-shaped windows.

Stuttgart City Library
Stuttgart City Library

in the Stuttgart city library several branches, the most famous – on Mailender Platz. It was opened in 2011. It’s built in a cube shape, with a lot of white on the inside.

The Korean architect Eun Yong Yi, who designed the building, drew inspiration from the ancient Greek Pantheon and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Tama Art University Library Building designed by Toyo Ito
Tama Art University Library in Tokyo

Tama Art University Library Branch in Hachioji In Japan – another snow-white building. Minimalism in its interior is combined with Gothic – this impression is created due to glass walls and arches.

It hosts 77,000 Japanese and 47,000 foreign books, as well as periodicals on art, design and architecture.

Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City
Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City

Vasconcelos Library It is made of steel, concrete, marble, granite, wood and glass in Mexico City. And inside it resembles a pier. The book store was opened in 2006.

Also in the exhibition is a sculpture by Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco called “Matrix Móvil”. It is made from the skeleton of a whale covered in geometric patterns.

Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch
Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch

Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch It is an example of an environmentally friendly building. Solar panels are capable of producing 16,000 watts of power, or ten percent of the book store’s total energy consumption.

There is also a system for collecting and storing precipitation – the collected water is used for flushing toilets and watering gardens.

Royal Danish Library
Royal Danish Library

Royal Danish Library It was founded in 1648, and a building known as the “Black Diamond” was opened in 1999. It soon became a tourist attraction. The building is constructed of glass and black granite on the Copenhagen waterfront, and the water is reflected in its shiny walls – a mesmerizing sight.

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