This Famed Italian Photographer Reveals World's Most Beautiful Libraries. Strahovská Knihovna, Prague, Czech RepublicAt the end of the 18th century, Bibliotheca Strahoviensis was deemed the most significant monastic library in Bohemia. Its Theological Hall contains Baroque influences and houses 18,000 volumes, while the Philosophical Hall was constructed in 1783 by Ignác Jan Palliardi (1737–1824) has neoclassical elements ...