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<p align="center"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.miragebookmark.ch/images/central-library-vancouver.jpg" alt="The Central Public Library in Vancouver, Canada" width="617" height="958" border="0" /><br />
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<span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>The Central Public Library in Vancouver, Canada, was designed by the architect Moshe Safdie as the winner of a design competition</strong></span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenstone/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;">lightgazer</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Flickr.com</span></strong></span></p>
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</span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">The Astronomy Library of the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, displays also some historical instruments. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/erikvanhannen/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">(Erik)</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;"> Flickr.com </span></strong></p>
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<p></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>The Royal library Black Diamond at the waterfront of Copenhagen owes its name to the black granite from Zimbabwe used for the facade of the building. The name<br />
was used by the public first and has been adapted officially later</strong></span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">. Design by the Danish architects Schmidt, Hammer &amp; Lassen. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barking-madcrow/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;">madcrow</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Flickr.com</span></strong></span></p>
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</span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">New York Public Library is established in a </span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">magnificent building with astonishing grandeur and gorgeous artworks. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/an_untrained_eye/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">an untrained eye </span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">Flickr.com</span></strong></p>
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</span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">Dusk at the Bristol Central Library which celebrates its centenary in 2008. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crayzy_ray/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">*Firefox</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;"> Flickr.com</span></strong></p>
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<img style="border-color:initial;border-style:initial;border-width:0;" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.miragebookmark.ch/images/peckham-library.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="396" border="0" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">The futuristic, award-winning Peckham Library in south London has been designed by the architects William Alsop &amp; Jan Störmer. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cactus23/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">~~ zorro ~~</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">  Flickr.com</span></strong></p>
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<img style="border-color:initial;border-style:initial;border-width:0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.miragebookmark.ch/images/city-library-of-stockholm.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="383" border="0" /><br />
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</span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">This round room called the Rotunde is the main reading hall of the City Library of Stockholm. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arndalarm/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">arndalarm</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;"> Flickr.com</span></strong></p>
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<img style="border-color:initial;border-style:initial;border-width:0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.miragebookmark.ch/images/library-philology-uni-berlin.jpg" alt="Library of the Faculty of Philology of the Free University of Berlin" width="575" height="569" border="0" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">The library of the Faculty of Philology, The Free University of Berlin, is built by the famous architect Norman Foster. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenwerk/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">Sven Werkmeister</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;"> Flickr.com</span></strong></p>
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<img style="border-color:initial;border-style:initial;border-width:0;" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.miragebookmark.ch/images/suzzallo-library.jpg" alt="Suzzallo library of the University of Washington, Seattle WA" width="560" height="560" border="0" /><br />
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</span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">The reading room of the Suzzallo library of the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, was built in 1926 and has a Gothic interieur. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/capnsurly/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">Cap&#8217;n Surly</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;"> Flickr.com</span></strong></p>
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<img style="border-color:initial;border-style:initial;border-width:0;" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.miragebookmark.ch/images/library-parabola-british-library.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="383" border="0" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">Library Parabola is the reading room of the British Library and is said to be the birthplace of the Communist Manifesto. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sifter/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">Sifter</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;"> Flickr.com</span></strong></p>
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<img style="border-color:initial;border-style:initial;border-width:0;" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.miragebookmark.ch/images/state-library-victoria.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="432" border="0" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">The Domed Reading Room of the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/waltonics/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">waltonics</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;"> Flickr.com</span></strong></p>
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<img style="border-color:initial;border-style:initial;border-width:0;" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.miragebookmark.ch/images/royal-library-el-escorial.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="385" border="0" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">The Library of the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, which is listed as a World Heritage Site. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuellar/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">cuellar</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;"> Flickr.com</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">The Library of the University of Delft, The Netherlands, designed by the Mecanoo architects, Delft. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81857338@N00/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">rutger spoelstra</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;"> Flickr.com</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">The Stockholm Public Library is housed in rotunda building designed by the Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund. Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eole/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">Éole</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;"> Flickr.com</span></strong></p>
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</span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">Library of the Durch Parliament, The Hague, conserving all ever said and written words in the parliament.  Photography by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotomenno/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">Menno Manheim</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">  Flickr.com </span></strong></p>
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