The document lists and describes some of the most beautiful libraries from around the world. It includes libraries located in Prague, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Mexico, Spain, France, England, the United States, the Netherlands, Austria, Canada, Vatican City, Egypt and others. Many of the libraries listed are located within historic monasteries, universities or government buildings and contain impressive architecture and collections of books and manuscripts.

1. Beautiful Libraries in the World Strahov Monestary Library To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player . View Curious Expeditions' map Taken in (See more photos here ) In Prague

2. Strahov Monestary Library To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player . View Curious Expeditions' map Taken in (See more photos here ) In Prague Strahov Monastary Library in Prague

3. Strahov Theological Hall - Original Baroque Cabinets

4. Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland

5. Angelica Library, Rome, Italy

6. August Herzog Library, Wolfenbüttel, Germany

7. Beatus Rhenanus Library, Basel, Switzerland

8. Bernadotte Library, Stockholm Sweden

9. Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy

10. Biblioteca Di Bella Arti, Milan, Italy

11. Biblioteca do Palacio e Convento de Mafra I, Lisbon Coast, Portugal

12. Biblioteca do Palàcio Nacional da Ajuda Lisboa III, Lisbon, Portugal

13. Biblioteca Geral University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

14. Biblioteca Palafoxiana, Puebla, Mexico

15. Bibliotecha de la Real Academia De La Lengua, Madrid, Spain

16. Bibliotheque Alencon, Normandy, France

17. Bibliothéque Nationale de France, Paris, France

18. Bodleian Library, Oxford University, England

19. Boston Copley Public Library, Boston, USA

20. Old British Reading Room, British Museum, London, England

21. Old British Reading Room, British Museum, London, England

22. Cathedral Library, Kalocsa, Hungary

23. Dutch Royal Archives Library, Netherlands

24. El Escorial Library, San Lorenzo, Spain

25. Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

26. George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

27. Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer Der Staten-Generaal Den Haag, the Hague, Netherlands

28. Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Weimar II, Germany

29. Joanina Library University of Coimbra, Portugal

30. Kremsmuenster Abbey Library, Kremsmünster, Upper Austria.

31. Biblioteca Castilla La Mancha, Spain

32. Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA

33. Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada

34. Library of the Benedictine Monastery of Admont, Austria

35. Library of the National Palace of Mafra, Portugal

36. Library of the Prussian King Frederic the Second in Potsdam, Germany

37. Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria

38. National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

39. New York Public Library, New York, USA

40. Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

41. Rennie Mackintosh Library, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland (Added on excellent reader suggestion.)

42. Riggs Library, Georgetown University, USA

43. Rijkmuseum Library, Amsterdam

44. Riksdagen Library, Swedish Parliament Library, Stockholm, Sweden

45. St. Florian Monastery-Library, Austria

46. Salamanca Library, Salamanca, Spain

47. Sansovino Library, Rome, Italy

48. Sorbonne Library, Paris, France

49. State Library, Victoria, Australia

50. Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg, Klosterneuburg, Austria

51. Trinity College LIbrary, AKA, The Long Room, Dublin, Ireland

52. Vatican Library, Vatican City, Rome

53. Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria

54. Waldsassen Abbey Library, Bavaria, Germany

55. Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge, England

56. Yale, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

57. Outside View of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt located at the same spot as the famous Ancient Alexandria Library.

58. Inside View of the New Bibliotheca Alexandrina

59. The End