Bibliothèque Nationale - Richelieu Library

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVT74gA4JMfEex1qLIHsH716ofQBt5BJVY97FSmAV56YyT1tMm9RVs6DhgDiVCUxA-OUajhMCT7rm-YtRECS6I6AXve8NX8vPbjoriaE4hn99_IMTwzM6AWcMQ4EQMTJUkRAAHd9cwe8/s1600/2010+Dec+2+IMG_3077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVT74gA4JMfEex1qLIHsH716ofQBt5BJVY97FSmAV56YyT1tMm9RVs6DhgDiVCUxA-OUajhMCT7rm-YtRECS6I6AXve8NX8vPbjoriaE4hn99_IMTwzM6AWcMQ4EQMTJUkRAAHd9cwe8/s640/2010+Dec+2+IMG_3077.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Richelieu Library</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is the reading room at the Richelieu Library in Paris, a part of BnF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France).  The Richelieu site is dedicated to coins, stamps, maps, manuscripts, music, objects and prints, holding the rarest objects including first examples of human writing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This oval reading room is quiet as it should be for reading.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">No photos allowed!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(shhhhhhhh....)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Richelieu</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">5, rue Vivienne</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Bibliothèque Nationale - Richelieu Library

Richelieu Library This is the reading room at the Richelieu Library in Paris, a part of BnF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France).  The Richeli...

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Bibliothèque Nationale - Reading Room

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyssFEVC0_kK4UxHG51gVAxdjVs_RIe9u1pPGgxA8Ga7yoYFxPW0Re56Ptvpf5RuI4eRm-DkibFfoCWNjXH3ZMbu7C4173S9wpf71ORixsdTteBRnEKSVD_W9miq3Xg6DzEWz1G3GdlI/s1600/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3078.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582669462771927554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyssFEVC0_kK4UxHG51gVAxdjVs_RIe9u1pPGgxA8Ga7yoYFxPW0Re56Ptvpf5RuI4eRm-DkibFfoCWNjXH3ZMbu7C4173S9wpf71ORixsdTteBRnEKSVD_W9miq3Xg6DzEWz1G3GdlI/s640/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3078.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The oval reading room looks as if we have turned back a page in history with its emerald green lamps, long study tables, and book stacks. The BnF (</span><a href="http://www.bnf.fr/fr/acc/x.accueil.html"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Bibliothèque Nationale de France</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">) probably looks like it did over 150 years ago here at the Richelieu Library. The recent and ongoing renovations are delivering the latest in technology along with a café and bookstore. I previously brought you to this building to see the </span><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/01/escalier-en-spirale.html"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">escalier</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The room is quiet as a library's reading room should be. Holly and I took photos as dear Peter (</span><a href="http://peter-pho2.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Peter's Paris</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">) kept guard.<br /><br />Did I mention that there were large "Pas de Photos" signs in every window... oops!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Richelieu<br />5, rue Vivienne </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">For more weekend reflections see James' <a href="http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/look-covered-bridge-weekend-reflections.html"><strong>Newtown Area Photo</strong></a></span>

Bibliothèque Nationale - Reading Room

The oval reading room looks as if we have turned back a page in history with its emerald green lamps, long study tables, and book stacks. Th...

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Escalier en spirale

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKtrCa_adOVdT86Yeu-6oDLsCzbchgbAVvwj41aoI8nHjjYLsZcj-XNBUOOLnNtE0lqo0SQPx09mVccFsoZbxpz2I_0Xw9QkWW3_CSgZP39iFKf-U2eNSqIsHnObP59dMd_DumUA7LP4/s1600/2010+dec+paris+3+DSC_0139.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566333635070472594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKtrCa_adOVdT86Yeu-6oDLsCzbchgbAVvwj41aoI8nHjjYLsZcj-XNBUOOLnNtE0lqo0SQPx09mVccFsoZbxpz2I_0Xw9QkWW3_CSgZP39iFKf-U2eNSqIsHnObP59dMd_DumUA7LP4/s640/2010+dec+paris+3+DSC_0139.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br />This Chambered Nautilus of a staircase with the worn marble steps is found in <a href="http://www.bnf.fr/fr/acc/x.accueil.html"><strong>Bibliothèque Nationale de France</strong> </a> (BnF) on Rue de Richelieu. Built in 1868, the library held the largest collection of books in the world by the turn of the 20th Century. The elegant grand staircase is in another section of this enormous library complex.<br /><br />On another day I will post the "forbidden photographs" taken as Peter (of <a href="http://peter-pho2.blogspot.com/"><strong>Peter's Paris</strong></a>) kept watch...<br /><br />Bibliothèque National de France - Richelieu<br />5, rue Vivienne

Escalier en spirale

This Chambered Nautilus of a staircase with the worn marble steps is found in Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) on Rue de Richelieu. ...

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