# Vasconcelos Library

Mexico City, Mexico

Opened in 2006 and designed by Alberto Kalach, this vast megabiblioteca suspends its glass-and-steel bookshelves in midair around a hanging whale skeleton by Gabriel Orozco. It holds roughly 600,000 volumes within a soaring transparent hall.

## Roots Earth

Roots Earth has a longer story for Vasconcelos Library, with a choice of female or male voice. Download the city audio to listen offline. No account is needed.

Coordinates: 19.4475, -99.15083333

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