The most beautiful and greatest libraries in Europe

If you are looking for a place to learn or even meditate, Europe Below we will list a group of the most beautiful and greatest libraries in Europe.

From medieval Baroque designs to the latest cutting-edge designs from contemporary architecture, here are the most beautiful libraries on the Old Continent.

The most beautiful libraries in Europe

The most beautiful libraries - Mafra Palace Library, Portugal

Housed in the stunning Mafra Palace, this majestic library is only accessible by prior registration.

The stunning floor is made of a mix of attractive colours, designed with grey, pink and white marble. 

The huge number of books and intricate geometric designs also attract visitors on a large scale.

Mafra Palace Library, Portugal

The most beautiful libraries - Stuttgart City Library, Germany

This massive crystal building stands nine stories tall and overlooks the city of Stuttgart. German.

Its stunning white cubic interior attracts tourists from all over the world and has won numerous architectural awards.

Stuttgart City Library, Germany

The most beautiful libraries - Admont Abbey Library, Austria

Admont Abbey Library One of the largest monastic libraries in the world, it is a masterpiece of the Baroque.

Its ceiling is decorated with frescoes that illustrate the development and progress of human knowledge throughout the ages, embodying the ideals of the Enlightenment and how they were expressed structurally.

Its huge windows are designed in a way that allows sunlight to flood the entire library, making the visitor feel as if he is immersed in the light of wisdom and knowledge.

Admont Abbey Library, Austria

This library is a long corridor filled with huge shelves filled with books.

This corridor is also interspersed with busts of a range of philosophical giants and figures associated with the university, including Aristotle and Edmund Burke.

In October 2014, the library purchased a large collection of handwritten letters by the famous writer Samuel Beckett for a huge sum.

Old Library, Trinity College Dublin - Ireland

François Mitterrand Library, National Library of France - Paris

It is considered one of the most beautiful libraries in Europe, and the French National Library consists of a large number of departments that include thousands of books and references.

One of the most prominent features of the François Mitterrand Library is that it contains a large number of Arabic books and manuscripts.

These Arabic manuscripts were collected several centuries ago by French merchants, travelers and diplomats who were in Arab and Islamic countries.

Moreover, it is also impressive that today it contains, in all its branches, approximately 15 million books, in addition to manuscripts and maps, the number of which is estimated in the thousands.

National Library of France - Paris

Austrian National Library, Hofburg Palace, Vienna

The Austrian National Library is located in the Hofburg Palace, which was the historical seat of power of the Habsburg family.

Decorated with Baroque designs and colors, the library is full of different decorative shapes and designs, with meters-long bookshelves and luxurious decorations.

The walls are also curved, and a majestic statue of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI stands tall under the large fresco ceiling.

Austrian National Library, Vienna

Marciana Library, Venice

Andrea Palladio (a Venetian architect and designer, widely considered the most influential person in the history of Western architecture) considered Jacopo Sansovino's Marciana Library to be the most beautiful library in Europe, and more precisely, "the most expensive and most ornate building" since antiquity.

Furthermore, it houses a huge collection of frescoes, some of which were painted by the classical Venetian artists Titian and Tinteretto.

In addition, you can enter the library by climbing an impressive marble staircase decorated with gold ornaments. A fitting entrance to one of the finest buildings in Venice.

Marciana Library, Venice

Clementinum, National Library in Prague

In the Clementine complex in Prague is a Baroque library hall of unparalleled design, one of the greatest examples of this proud architectural movement.

Baroque takes its name from the Spanish word “baroco,” which means rough or distorted pearl.

Unlike many other libraries, Clementium Library is always lively and vibrant.

National Library in Prague, Czech Republic