Bibliothèque nationale de France Richelieu

Bibliothèque nationale de France Richelieu

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1868

Architect

Henri Labrouste Henri Labrouste

Type

building

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The Richelieu site is the historic home of France's national library, and its heart is the reading room Henri Labrouste built between 1854 and 1875. There, over a great rectangular hall, he set nine domes of glazed terracotta carried on imp …

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