You love libraries, and there are some good ones in Europe. These cathedral-like spaces, as Photographer Thibaud Poirier notes, "gather communities" and, like literature, provide "glimpses into the past, present, and future of humanity." Poirier's full series can be viewed here.
Grimm Zentrum Library, Berlin, 2009
Trinity College Library, Dublin, 1732
Bibliothèque de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris, Paris, 1890
Palàcio Nacional de Mafra, Mafra, 1755
Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome, 1701
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, 1850
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Salle Labrouste, Paris, 1868
Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne, Salle Jacqueline de Romilly, Paris, 1897
Stadtbibliothek, Stuttgart, 2011
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