2014 Watch Day - Joanine Library of the University of Coimbra, Portugal
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Watch Day at the Joanine
Watch Day at the Joanine Library of the University of Coimbra in Portugal was celebrated on April 14, 2014. Watch Day was launched in 2012 as part of the World Monuments Watch program to provide an opportunity for people to engage with Watch sties in their local communities with the goal of deepening appreciation for these important places. Events are supported wholly or in part by WMF.
Built in the early eighteenth century at the behest of King John V of Portugal, the Joanine Library was constructed for the University of Coimbra to house its book collection. The library was built in the university courtyard on the ruins of the former medieval royal prison. The exterior is characterized by stone walls, brick vaults, and a timber roof covered by clay tiles. The interior was finely decorated by bronze workers, glaziers, painters, and other craftsmen throughout the 1720s. The stone floor is patterned with geometric motifs, and the plaster ceilings are decorated with allegorical trompe-l'oeil paintings. The library was finished in 1728 and received its first books in 1750. Today it is one of the most significant archival libraries in the world and contains some 56,000 books, mostly on the topics of law, theology, philosophy, medicine, history, arts, and literature, many of which date from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Lean more: http://www.wmf.org/project/joanine-li...
©University of Coimbra
Built in the early eighteenth century at the behest of King John V of Portugal, the Joanine Library was constructed for the University of Coimbra to house its book collection. The library was built in the university courtyard on the ruins of the former medieval royal prison. The exterior is characterized by stone walls, brick vaults, and a timber roof covered by clay tiles. The interior was finely decorated by bronze workers, glaziers, painters, and other craftsmen throughout the 1720s. The stone floor is patterned with geometric motifs, and the plaster ceilings are decorated with allegorical trompe-l'oeil paintings. The library was finished in 1728 and received its first books in 1750. Today it is one of the most significant archival libraries in the world and contains some 56,000 books, mostly on the topics of law, theology, philosophy, medicine, history, arts, and literature, many of which date from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Lean more: http://www.wmf.org/project/joanine-li...
©University of Coimbra
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