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Rhode Island's first library is one of the oldest in the country. Here's where it is
In fact, the oldest library is almost 30 years older than the country itself. Located in Newport, The Redwood Library and Athenaeum was founded in 1747, making it the first purpose-built library ...
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The most extreme libraries on Earth
The world's oldest library is part of al-Qarawiyyin University in Morocco. Fez in Morocco is home to al-Qarawiyyin University. Inside you’ll find a library which has been in constant use since 859.
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London’s Wiener Library is the world’s oldest Holocaust archive. It’s still collecting material.
His notebooks, which offer rare insight into lived Holocaust life, are just some of the over one million documents held in London’s Wiener Library, the world’s oldest Holocaust archive. “ ...
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Abbey of St Gall
Its library is one of the richest and oldest in the world and contains precious manuscripts such as the earliest-known architectural plan drawn on parchment. From 1755 to 1768, the conventual area was ...