It is considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the world: the library of the Palácio Nacional de Mafra in Portugal.

The University of Coimbra’s grand old Biblioteca Joanina houses both books and bats. tacoekkel For their new book, The Library: A World History, architectural historian James Campbell and photographer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Libraries contain multitudes. They house knowledge, inspiration, wisdom, and in some cases, bats. At least that’s the case of the ...

Visit the Joanina Library at the University of Coimbra in Portugal at night and you might think the building has a bat problem. It's true that common pipistrelle bats live there, occupying the space ...

the Joanina Library and the Mafra National Library in Portugal, and they come out at night to exterminate the insects that eat the books. The Joanina Library was built between 1717 and 1728 and is ...