In July, Italian artist Massimo Listri released a book of photographs that featured the most beautiful libraries from around the world.

The chosen institutions, revered for their historical value, architectural relevance and preciousness of the books they keep, are standalone works of art.

For those lucky enough to visit these design marvels, spending a whole day at the library doesn’t sound so bad!

Scroll down and let your bibliophile side marvel at the beauty the likes of which only these libraries can offer!

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Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Weimar, Germany

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Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican City

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Vallicelliana Library, Rome, Italy

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Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland

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Taipei Public Library, Taipei City, Taiwan

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Abbey Library Of Saint Gall, Gallen, Switzerland

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Saint Emmeram’s Abbey Library, Regensburg, Germany

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Seitenstetten Abbey Library, Seitenstetten, Austria

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Library Of The Monastery Of San Francisco, Peru, South America

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Riccardian Library, Firenze, Italy

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Palermo Public Library, Palermo, Italy

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Palazzo Altieri Library, Rome, Italy

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Palatina Library, Parma Italy

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Palafoxiana Library, Puebla, Mexico

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Melk Abbey Library, Melk, Austria

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Marucelliana Library, Florence, Italy

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National Library of St Mark’s, Venice, Italy

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Public Library Of Imola, Imola, Italy

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State Library Oratoriana Girolami, Napoli, Italy

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Escorial Library, Madrid, Spain

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Library of Duke D’Aumale, Sicily, Italy

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Wiblingen Abbey Library, Wiblingen, Germany

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Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czech Republic

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Sainte-Geneviève Library, Paris, France

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Ottobeuren Abbey Library, Ottobeuren, Germany

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Metten Abbey Library, Metten, Germany

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Palace Of Mafra Library, Mafra, Portugal

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Library Of Fermo, Fermo, Italy

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The Crociera Library, Rome, Italy

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Corsiniana Library, Rome, Italy

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Joanina Library, Coimbra, Portugal

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Padula Charterhouse Library, Padula, Italy

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Casanata Library, Rome, Italy

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Braidense National Library, Milan, Italy

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Angelica Library, Rome, Italy

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Admont Abbey Library, Admont, Austria

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Academy Of Science, Torino, Italy

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Wiblingen Abbey Library, Wiblingen, Germany

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General Archive of the Indies, Seville, Spain

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Codrington Library, Oxford, UK

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Royal Portuguese Cabinet Of Reading, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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