ARCHITECTURE
The stunning white and gold themed architecture caught my eye immediately. The images depicts Admont Abbey Library in Austria - the largest monastery library in the world.
The 70m library was built in 1776 by architect Joesph Hueber with sculptures made by sculptor Josef Stammel. The ceiling features frescoes, wooden sculptures and gold busts showing the stages of human knowledge with light coming through 48 windows.
The library collection involves some 200,00 volumes, more than 1,400 treasured manuscripts (earliest from the 8th century) and 530 incunabula (early printed books before 1500).
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