# Bavarian State Library

Munich, Germany

One of Europe's great research libraries, founded in 1558 by Duke Albrecht the Fifth. Its monumental Ludwigstrasse building, designed by Friedrich von Gärtner and completed in 1843, holds millions of volumes and priceless medieval manuscripts behind a grand arcaded facade.

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Coordinates: 48.1474, 11.5806

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