Admont Abbey Library

The Admont Abbey Library (Deutsch: Stiftsbibliothek Admont[2]) is an Austria-based[3] monastic library[4] located in Admont, a small town next to the Enns River in Austria, and is attached to the Admont Abbey.

Admont Abbey Library
47.5759°N 14.4624°E / 47.5759; 14.4624
LocationAdmont, Austria
TypeBaroque-style library[1]
Established1776
Architect(s)Josef Hueber
Other information
Websitewww.stiftadmont.at

Admont Abbey Library is the largest monastic library in the world,[5] and is noted for its Baroque art, architecture and manuscripts.[6]

History

Admont Abbey Library, modelled on the Imperial Court Library in Vienna, was designed by Josef Hueber.[7] Construction of the library began in 1074,[8] and was completed in 1776.[9]

The abbey made a deliberate decision to focus on the library as an online attention-grabber in 2018, launching a publicity strategy on multiple platforms. Its followers on Facebook increased from 4,500 in 2018 to 160,000 in 2022; in the same period, ticket sales for entry rose from ten thousand to sixty thousand.[10]

References
  1. "15 Stunning European Libraries Book Lovers Must Visit ASAP". BuzzFeed. Sep 3, 2019.
  2. Cameron Laux (4 July 2018). "Libraries: Where the world's memory is stored". BBC.com.
  3. Sarah Bakewell (October 12, 2013). "The Library: A World History, by James Campbell". Financial Times.
  4. Christa Pongratz-Lippitt (8 April 2020). "World's largest monastic library goes online". The Tablet.
  5. "Take a virtual tour around these spectacular libraries from the comfort of your living room". Outlook. July 31, 2020.
  6. Jamie Jones (7 Apr 2015). "25 Incredible European Libraries To Visit". BuzzFeed.
  7. "These are the most beautiful libraries in the world". BBC.com. 3 August 2018.
  8. "The 25 most beautiful libraries in the world (group pictures)". Xinhua News Agency. 2015-07-20.
  9. "The world's 15 most spectacular libraries". Vogue Paris. June 22, 2020.
  10. "En Autriche, une bibliothèque monastique star d'internet" [In Austria, a monastic library is an Internet star] (in French). RTBF. Agence France-Presse. 27 December 2022.
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