There are several hundred medieval Irish volumes, including a dictionary that has definitions with a surprising contemporary ...

St Gallen is world-famous for its stunning cathedral and medieval library. The Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen (abbey library) is a rococo jewel that houses 170,000 precious books as well as 2,000 ...

There are grand libraries, and then there is the Abbey Library of St. Gallen. Inside a Benedictine monastery in eastern Switzerland, this Baroque masterpiece holds around 160,000 volumes, including ...

Dating back to 719, the Abbey of St Gallen complex is a Unesco World Heritage Site and an unmissable part of any city visit. Alongside the imposing baroque cathedral, the stunning rococo Abbey library ...

WEARING GREY felt slippers, the visitors pad along the polished parquet floor, pass through the heavy door and shudder in the cold library air. Moments later, the chill is forgotten as all stare, ...

The abbey itself was founded in in 612, and the first records of a library date back to 820. In the following centuries, the abbey became a cultural centre famous for its writings and the illumination ...

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland — A Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage site, the Stiftskirche St. Gallus und Otmar (Collegiate Church of St. Gall and ...

Situated south of Lake Constance, St.Gallen is a world-renowned metropolis in eastern Switzerland. With its imposing cathedral and library, the city's Abbey District has been listed as a UNESCO world ...