Monastic Libraries

The library of the Benedictine abbey founded in 747 preserves 2,100 medieval manuscripts, including the Plan of Saint Gall, the on...

Home to the largest monastic library hall in the world, the Benedictine abbey of Admont was founded in 1074. The 1776 chamber by J...

The Benedictine abbey of Melk, perched above the Danube since 1089, was rebuilt in baroque style from 1702. Its library of about 1...

The Premonstratensian abbey of Strahov, founded in 1143 on the ridge above Prague Castle, keeps two magnificent halls. The Theolog...

The former Benedictine abbey of Wiblingen near Ulm, founded in 1093, completed its famous rococo library hall in 1744. Stucco and ...

In the vast palace convent built by Joao V from 1717, the library hall runs 88 meters beneath a barrel vault and a floor of patter...

Founded in 777 by Duke Tassilo of Bavaria, the Benedictine abbey of Kremsmunster preserves about 180,000 volumes in baroque halls....

The Benedictine abbey of Metten, founded in 766 near the Danube, rebuilt its library hall in exuberant rococo style in the eightee...

Inside the fortified walls of Saint Catherines Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai sits what is often called the oldest continual...