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Moldova National Library – Photograph by Daniel Zollinger

 

These pillars of higher learning are also home to some of the world’s most incredible architecture. Below is a small collection of stunning libraries around the globe. From the historical to the modern, these centres of knowledge and learning also preserve the history and culture of their respective periods. Personally, I would find it hard to concentrate in some of these places, they are too beautiful for the eye not to wander.

 

1. University Club Library – New York City, United States

Photograph by Peter Bond

 

Photograph by Peter Bond

 

2. Canadian Library of Parliament – Ottawa, Canada

Photograph by James Gillard

 

Photograph by James Gillard

 

3. Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library – New Haven, Connecticut

Photograph by Lauren Manning

 

Photograph by KAALpurush

 

4. Iowa State Capital Law Library – United…

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