UK, England, West Midlands, Birmingham, Centenary Square, Birmingham Libary

France, Paris, area listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Palais Bourbon, head of the National Assembly, the library of the assembly of the architect Jules de Joly

UK, England, West Midlands, Birmingham, Centenary Square, View of tram infront of libary

Central Library Oodi, Helsinki, Uusimaa County, Finland

An ancient village of Chartham, Kent, England

France, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, Loiret, Orleans, Place Gambetta, media library created by the Pierre du Besset / Dominique Lyon cabinet, staircase

United Kingdom, England, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge. The Old Schools, King's College chapel and in the distance the tower of the University Library

Theological hall of Strahov library in Strahov Monastery, Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Starfield Library in COEX Mall, Seoul, South Korea

Sweden, Scania, Malmo, City Library, new building, interior

Interior of The National Library of Finland, Helsinki, Finland

Paintings by Pinturicchio (Bernardino di Betto) on the ceiling of Piccolomini Library at Duomo di Siena (Siena Cathedral). Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe.

Qatar National Library, Doha, Qatar

Portugal, Norte region, Porto (Oporto). Lello Bookstore (Livraria Lello) and its famous forked staircase.

Portugal, Norte region, Porto (Oporto). Lello Bookstore (Livraria Lello) and its famous forked staircase.

National Library of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, interior of the Real Gabinete Portuguese library in the city centre

Interior of the Divinity School, built 1488, part of the current Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Ceiling of the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

France, Seine Maritime, Le Havre, university library designed by the firm of architects Dottelonde & Associates and opened in 2006, spiral staircase in the atrium

Europe, Dublin, Ireland, Trinity College library interior

Library at Vienna University of Economics and Business (by Zaha Hadid) Vienna, Austria

Europe, Czech Republic, Prague, Strahov Monastery, Strahov Library, Theological Hall

An old bookshop in Porto called Livraria Lello. Oporto city, Porto district, Portugal, Europe

Argentina, Buenos Aires, Santa Fe Avenue, Interior view of El Ateneo Grand Splendid Bookshop.

Abbey Library, Benedictine Abbey of Admont, Admont, Styria, Austria

Czech Republic, Prague. The Strahov Monastery library, built in 1794. The Strahov Library contains over 200,000 volumes and features ceiling frescoes by Siard Noseck??d Anton Maulbertsch.

Centrale Bibliotheek (Central Library) on Monseigneur Laduzeplein at night, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

Centrale Bibliotheek (Central Library) on Monseigneur Laduzeplein at night, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

Centrale Bibliotheek (Central Library) on Monseigneur Laduzeplein, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

England, Oxfordshire, Oxford, The Radcliffe Camera Library

Germany, Baden-Wurttemburg, Wiblingen, Kloster Wiblingen Abbey, 18th century monastery, rococo-style library built in 1760

Germany, Baden-Wurttemburg, Stuttgart, Mailander Platz, new Stuttgart city library, interior

Republic of Ireland, Dublin, Trinity College, Old Library

Europe, United Kingom, England, Oxfordshire, Oxford,

Sweden, Uppsala County, Uppsala, The university's library

Ireland, Dublin, Kildare Street, The National Library of Ireland, The Reading Room.

Spain, Castile and Leon, Burgos, La Vid, The library.

Two Rainis Sculpture by Aigars Bikse in front of the National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Germany, Bade Wurttemberg, Lake Constance (Bodensee), Salem, Castle and former Cistercian abbey of Salem, Library