Sunday, March 09, 2014

Bibliothèque nationale de France

The "Bibliothèque nationale de France" or "Bibliothèque François Mitterrand" (after the name of a previous French President) is the largest of the 7 sites that compose the French National Library. It's made of 4 main towers in which no less than 10 million books and publications of all sorts are kept (more here). Yesterday, with the sun it was absolutely gorgeous.

7 comments:

  1. It's an impressive building(s) and an impressive library. John and I went there because the gift shop was the only place we could find a certain Atget CD-ROM. If I could have read more French I'd have stayed there all day.

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  2. That's a spectacular capture of the location, Eric!

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  3. It is beautiful! (And the sunshine especially so) My daughter would swoon. 10 million books... :)

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  4. These buildings look like open books. You found a great vantage point from which to shoot, Eric!

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  5. doubtless the best pix of the BN ever..... :) I often drive past it and it never fails to impress me by its sheer vastness but you really nailed it with your angle, Eric. Merci beaucoup!! Bonne semaine ensolleilée

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