In Photos: Stunning Architecture of the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

Stiftsbibliothek Kremsmünster, Kremsmünster, Austria

This monastery library was built between 1680 and 1689 and contains about 160,000 volumes

Real Gabinete Português de Leitura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This institution was founded in 1837 by a group of Portuguese immigrants to promote culture amongst the Portuguese community