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Trinity College Library/The Long Room (Dublin, Ireland)
The Long Room in the Old Library in Trinity College, Dublin, is famous for its history, its solemn beauty, its marble busts and its collection of 200,000 of the Library’s oldest books. Built in 1712, the 213-foot-long room underwent a major renovation in 1860, which raised the roof and created the upper tier of bookcases. In addition to the marble busts that line the room, depicting Trinity College notables and the world’s great writers and philosophers, the Long Room’s valuable treasures include a 15th century harp and a rare copy of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic.