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Baroque Library Hall, Clementinum, Prague
Baroque Library Hall, Clementinum, Prague. Václav Jiroušek, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Klementinum Baroque Library

Prague, Czechia, 1709–26

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  • Klementinum Baroque Library, worth knowing: From 1842 to 1928 the announcement of noon for the people of Prague was made from the Clementinum tower.

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    Klementinum Baroque Library, worth knowing: From 1842 to 1928 the announcement of noon for the people of Prague was made from the Clementinum tower.
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  • Klementinum Baroque Library, worth knowing: Regular weather measurements began at the Clementinum in 1775. The page calls it among the oldest continuous meteorological observations in Europe.

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    Klementinum Baroque Library, worth knowing: Regular weather measurements began at the Clementinum in 1775. The page calls it among the oldest continuous meteorological observations in Europe.
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  • Klementinum Baroque Library, worth knowing: The Jesuit college was built on a plot that had held 32 houses, seven courtyards, three churches, a monastery and several gardens.

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    Klementinum Baroque Library, worth knowing: The Jesuit college was built on a plot that had held 32 houses, seven courtyards, three churches, a monastery and several gardens.
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  • Klementinum Baroque Library, worth knowing: The Meridian Hall in the Astronomical Tower was once a giant camera obscura, where a taut string was used to fix high noon.

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    Klementinum Baroque Library, worth knowing: The Meridian Hall in the Astronomical Tower was once a giant camera obscura, where a taut string was used to fix high noon.
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  • Klementinum Baroque Library, worth knowing: The library has Kepler's writings carrying his handwritten dedication to friends, among them the dean and other Prague university professors.

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    Klementinum Baroque Library, worth knowing: The library has Kepler's writings carrying his handwritten dedication to friends, among them the dean and other Prague university professors.
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Built

  • Klementinum Baroque Library, built: Main building phase 1709-1726, Baroque library built in it

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    Klementinum Baroque Library, built: Main building phase 1709-1726, Baroque library built in it
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  • Klementinum Baroque Library, built: 1722

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    Klementinum Baroque Library, built: 1722
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Architect

  • Klementinum Baroque Library, architect: Ceiling fresco by Jan Hiebl

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    Klementinum Baroque Library, architect: Ceiling fresco by Jan Hiebl
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  • Klementinum Baroque Library, architect: Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer (per Prague City Tourism; frescoes by Jan Hiebl)

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    Klementinum Baroque Library, architect: Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer (per Prague City Tourism; frescoes by Jan Hiebl)
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Volumes

  • Klementinum Baroque Library, volumes: 27,000 historical volumes today (legend: 20,000 when the Jesuit library was finished)

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    Klementinum Baroque Library, volumes: 27,000 historical volumes today (legend: 20,000 when the Jesuit library was finished)
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What happened here

  1. 1556Klementinum Baroque Library, founded, 1556: The Jesuits founded the Clementinum.

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    Klementinum Baroque Library, founded, 1556: The Jesuits founded the Clementinum.
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Baroque Library Hall, Clementinum, Prague
Baroque Library Hall, Clementinum, Prague. Skot, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Baroque Library Hall, Clementinum, Prague
Baroque Library Hall, Clementinum, Prague. Václav Jiroušek, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Baroque Library Hall, Clementinum, Prague. Photo: Václav Jiroušek, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clementinum_baroque_library_1.jpg
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Globes in the Baroque Library Hall, Clementinum, Prague
Globes in the Baroque Library Hall, Clementinum, Prague. Skot, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Clementinum seen from Mariánské náměstí, Prague
The Clementinum seen from Mariánské náměstí, Prague. VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Vine Courtyard of the Klementinum in Prague, with its fountain and ivy-covered walls.
The Vine Courtyard of the Klementinum in Prague, with its fountain and ivy-covered walls.. Skot, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Ivy-covered walls and tall arched windows on a courtyard of the Klementinum in Prague.
Ivy-covered walls and tall arched windows on a courtyard of the Klementinum in Prague.. Perituss, CC0
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