Baroque university library in the Paço das Escolas of the University of Coimbra, built between 1717 and 1728. Visitors see carved and gilded wooden shelves, painted ceilings and rooms of books, entered after a prison area on the lower level.
Highlights
- Gilded carved wooden shelves
- Painted ceilings
- Academic prison on lower level
Good to know
- Timed tickets booked online in advance
- Photography not allowed inside the library
- About 10 minutes in the library itself
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