The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World世界上最美的圖書館

Laurie L.Dove長庚

Visiting a library for fun might not seem like a good idea. But there aremany beautiful libraries around the world， the following might just top the list.

去圖書館玩似乎不是個好主意。但世界上有許多美麗的圖書館，以下幾個可能是最受歡迎的。

1. Handelingenkamer Library， Netherlands

The Handelingenkamer Library inside The Hague，Netherlands， is also known as the Old Library of theDutch Parliament1. This beautiful building has a glasstop so the light can go through the building. It was finished at the close of the19th century and is well known for the beautiful building and its history.

1. 荷蘭海牙老圖書館

位于荷蘭海牙的海牙老圖書館，也被稱為荷蘭議會的老圖書館。這座美麗的建筑有一個玻璃屋頂，所以光線可以穿過整棟建筑。它于19 世紀末竣工，以其美麗的建筑外觀及歷史而聞名。

2. Biblioteca Joanina， Portugal

Biblioteca Joanina was built between 1717 and1728. It is one of the worlds libraries with the mostbeautiful decoration2. It is famous for a collection3 ofbooks in the 16th to 18th centuries. The library， which was built in the Universityof Coimbra， has a 300，000-book collection. The library is a big tourist attraction4because people love the decoration inside it.

2. 葡萄牙喬安娜圖書館

喬安娜圖書館建于1717 至1728 年，它是世界上裝飾最美的圖書館之一。它以收藏16 至18 世紀的書籍而聞名。該圖書館建在科英布拉大學內，擁有30萬冊藏書。這座圖書館是一處旅游勝地，因為人們喜愛館內的裝飾。

3. Trinity College5 Old Library， Ireland

With a collection of more than 7 million volumes6，the Old Library at Trinity College is not only one of theworlds oldest libraries， but one of the most famous. Itstands in the center of Dublin. The dark and hallowed7 halls of the Old Librarywere built in 1712.

3. 愛爾蘭三一學院老圖書館

三一學院的老圖書館收藏了700 多萬冊書籍，它不僅是世界上最古老的圖書館之一，也是最著名的圖書館之一。它位于都柏林市中心。這座老圖書館黑暗而神圣的大廳建于1712 年。

4. Tianjin Binhai Library， China

Not like the other libraries on our list， this one is quitenew. The Tianjin Binhai Library opened to the public in2017. magazine said it looks like a“ziggurat8”with itswhite undulating9 bookshelves around a spherical auditorium10. The 33，700 squaremeterbuilding can keep 1.35 million books. Built in just three years， it has becomequite a tourist attraction since it was finished.

4. 中國天津濱海圖書館

與我們名單上其他的圖書館不同，這座圖書館很新。天津濱海圖書館于2017 年向公眾開放，《時代》雜志將其描述為一座“神塔”，其白色起伏的書架環繞著一個球形禮堂。這座3.37 萬平方米的建筑可容納135 萬冊圖書。它只用了三年時間就建成了，自建成后就成為了一個旅游勝地。

Notes

1. parliament . 議會；國會

2. decoration. 裝飾；裝飾品

3. collection . 收藏品；收集物

4. attraction . 有吸引力的事物；吸引力

5. Trinity College 三一學院

6. volume.成套圖書中的；卷；冊

7. hallowed. 神圣的；受尊崇的

8. ziggurat.古代亞述及巴比倫的金字形神塔

9. undulating. 波狀的；波浪起伏的

10. spherical auditorium 球形禮堂