{"id":5402,"date":"2014-03-14T18:29:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T01:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2014-03-24T18:32:19","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T01:32:19","slug":"worlds-most-stunning-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/14\/worlds-most-stunning-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Most Stunning Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fodors.com\/news\/photos\/worlds-20-most-stunning-libraries#!1-intro\" target=\"_blank\"><em>from Fodor&#8217;s Travel<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE, SITE RICHELIEU<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fodors.com\/ee\/files\/slideshows\/9-bibliotheque-nationale-site-richelieu-Paris.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:\u00a0<\/strong>Paris<\/p>\n<p>Originally built in the 18th century, French architect Henri Labrouste renovated the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fodors.com\/world\/europe\/france\/paris\/review-584820.html\" target=\"_blank\">Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale\u2019s Richelieu site<\/a>\u00a0from 1854 to 1875, after he completed the Biblioth\u00e8que Sainte-Genevi\u00e8ve. The Labrouste reading room now bears his name. The library\u2019s collection includes rare books, illuminated manuscripts, prints, photographs, musical scores, and coins and medals that once belonged to French kings. Since the construction of the Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale Fran\u00e7ois-Mitterand, the Richelieu library\u2014undergoing a massive renovation through 2017\u2014now hosts temporary exhibits, often culled from its impressive collections.<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fodors.com\/news\/photos\/worlds-20-most-stunning-libraries#!1-intro\" target=\"_blank\">click to continue reading at Fodor&#8217;s<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Fodor&#8217;s Travel BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE, SITE RICHELIEU Where:\u00a0Paris Originally built in the 18th century, French architect Henri Labrouste renovated the\u00a0Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale\u2019s Richelieu site\u00a0from 1854 to 1875, after he completed the Biblioth\u00e8que Sainte-Genevi\u00e8ve. The Labrouste reading room now bears his name. The library\u2019s collection includes rare books, illuminated manuscripts, prints, photographs, musical scores, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art","category-literary-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}