A library can be a second home for a bibliophile.

They come in all shapes, sizes, and levels of embellishment. The nearly 300-year-old State Hall in Vienna, Austria, boasts carved wooden galleries, baroque-style statues, and frescos, while Taipei’s Beitou Branch resembles a treehouse more than a shelter for books.

We scoured the internet and found 20 of the most beautiful libraries around the world.

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The New York Public Library is an architectural landmark, where grand, marble lion statues guard more than 50 million books inside. It serves 18 million patrons a year.

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