Admont Abbey Library

Admont Abbey Library
Map
47°34′33″N 14°27′45″E / 47.5759°N 14.4624°E / 47.5759; 14.4624
LocationAdmont, Austria
TypeBaroque-style library[1]
Established1776
Architect(s)Josef Hueber
Other information
Websitewww.stiftadmont.at

The Admont Abbey Library (Deutsch: Stiftsbibliothek Admont)[2] is a monastic library[3] located in Admont, a small town next to the Enns River in Styria, Austria, and is attached to the Admont Abbey.[4]

Admont Abbey Library is the largest monastic library in the world,[5] and is noted for its Baroque art, architecture and manuscripts.[6]

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