Royal Portuguese Reading Room

Royal Portuguese Reading Room

Year

1887

Type

building

Behind a Manueline Gothic facade of carved limestone imported from Lisbon, the Royal Portuguese Reading Room contains one of the most photographed interiors in Rio: a soaring three-story atrium lined floor-to-ceiling with 350,000 volumes, i …

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