I’ve been to an gorgeous library today and I wanted to share some pictures with you. (taken with my phone, sorry)
There are something like 100 000 books in this library.
There are no words to describe the bliss it is to contemplate these shelves of books from floor to ceiling.
You probably wonder where it is: it’s in Keszthely, Hungary.
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Stunning! I wish I could wander around in there looking at the way all those books were bound and if manuscripts – the script and any illuminations they might have. (I’m assuming they’re not written in a language I know so reading them wouldn’t be an option.) Thank you for sharing the photos, it must be a special place to see in person.
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It is stunning indeed. There are books in several languages in this library: Latin, French, German, English and Hungarian.
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That’s pretty much my ideal library right there… Wonderful!
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Imagine there’s a reading salon in an adjacent room. And this salon is just as gorgeous. Books, books, books everywhere.
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It looks like a beautiful building – even the windows are stunning.
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It’s in a beautiful castle and lucky us, it was spared by WWII. It’s fully furnished.
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Oh that’s just heaven. I was stunned by the amount of books at Foyles. But this one is a different story. Enjoy
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A literary heaven, yes. It took them “only” 200 years to gather all these books.
I’ve never seen a library like this in a private home. They must have had a professional way of organising the books, otherwise, it’s impossible to find anything.
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Very beautiful.
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Amazing, isn’t it? There are books about everything, Geography, History, Military, Literature, Philosophy, Architecture…There’s a half-wall of books about genealogy and heraldry.
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I completely forgot you’re in Hungary these days! If you get a change, go and have a look at the library in Eger, it’s really worth it and not just for the books.
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Yes I was. We haven’t been to Eger. Another time maybe!
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Something going on there about the relationship between wood and books. The place reminds me of the Wellcome Foundation library in London.
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The wood & books association reminded me of the library at Trinity College in Dublin.
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I want to go there!
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Planning a little literary trip? 🙂
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I’m going to the Hay Festival next month so Hungary might have to wait… 🙂
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Oh my heavens! I’m surprised you made it out!☺️
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Ha ha! I did have a hard time to leave the room to follow the guide for the rest of the visit.
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Wow, that is breathtaking.
Not only do I wish that I was there, but I have this fantasy where something like this was part of a very large hypothetical home that I live in.
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Apparently we have the same fantasy about a huge and yet cozy library. I couldn’t help imagining what it would be to have this reading room near this huge library. (there’s a reading salon in a nearby room. It has armchairs, a big fireplace…)
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So beautifuL!
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Yes. Stunning, breathtaking, beautiful, amazing and all the superlatives available.
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Julé had the right word in the first comment, stunning. Absolutely stunning.
Not an original comment given everyone else already said the same thing, but it’s definitely true.
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It is stunning. I could have stayed there and stared for hours.
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