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Black Room, Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra, Portugal

Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The bookshelves were made, gilded and lacquered by Manuel da Silva and the portrait is of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The bookshelves were made, gilded and lacquered by Manuel da Silva and the portrait is of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen