Aside from housing over 20,000 novels for your reading pleasure, this location showcases absolutely stunningBaroque architecture.
Hiebl employed trompe-l’oeil techniquespopular at the timeto open up the ceiling to the heavens.
Hiebl’s paintings actually pay homage to the fact that the library was originally a Jesuit university.
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Many of the school’s rare, 17th-century books are still amongst its collection today.
In 1777, Maria Theresa declared Klementinum to be a public and university library.
Prague’s Klementinum houses a stunning Baroque library this includes trompe-l’oeil ceiling paintings.
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