Bibliothèque Nationale - City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Library"

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Richelieu Library

This magnificent architecture is home to the reading

room at the Richelieu Library in Paris, a part of BnF 

(Bibliothèque Nationale de France).

This oval room is quiet as it should be for reading...

No photos allowed!

(shhhhhhh)

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Bibliothèque Nationale - Richelieu Library

5, rue Vivienne

75002, Paris

Bibliothèque Nationale - Richelieu Library

Richelieu Library

This is the reading room at the Richelieu Library in Paris, a part of BnF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France).  The Richelieu site is dedicated to coins, stamps, maps, manuscripts, music, objects and prints, holding the rarest objects including first examples of human writing.

This oval reading room is quiet as it should be for reading.

No photos allowed!

(shhhhhhhh....)

Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Richelieu

5, rue Vivienne

75002, Paris

Bibliothèque Nationale - Reading Room

The oval reading room looks as if we have turned back a page in history with its emerald green lamps, long study tables, and book stacks. The BnF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) probably looks like it did over 150 years ago here at the Richelieu Library. The recent and ongoing renovations are delivering the latest in technology along with a café and bookstore. I previously brought you to this building to see the escalier.

The room is quiet as a library's reading room should be. Holly and I took photos as dear Peter (Peter's Paris) kept guard.

Did I mention that there were large "Pas de Photos" signs in every window... oops!

Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Richelieu
5, rue Vivienne

For more weekend reflections see James' Newtown Area Photo

Escalier en spirale

This Chambered Nautilus of a staircase with the worn marble steps is found in Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) on Rue de Richelieu. Built in 1868, the library held the largest collection of books in the world by the turn of the 20th Century. The elegant grand staircase is in another section of this enormous library complex.

On another day I will post the "forbidden photographs" taken as Peter (of Peter's Paris) kept watch...

Bibliothèque National de France - Richelieu
5, rue Vivienne