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Topkapi Palace library

There are four side spaces like this for reading the scrolls that were kept in the shelves and cupboards you can see. Note the seating around the walls.
Libraries

June 10th 2012
We have seen some lovely libraries: Ephesus: facade and shell, but still a beautiful space The sultan's library in Topkapi Palace, Istanbul: light-filled and beautifully decorated. Goethe's library in Weimar. He only had a few thousand books, as he also used the city library. (He was among other things the city administrator, and was therefore responsible for the library!) In S ... read more
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