French National Library, Arsenal site (Paris)

France / Ile-de-France / Paris / rue de Sully, 1
 library, historical building
"La Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal"

The "Bibliothèque nationale de France", one of the largest and oldest libraries in the world. The collection originated as the library of the French kings, first held in a tower of the Louvre (Charles V, 1368). It since has added major collections throughout French history, including major confiscations from the nobility and the clergy at the time of the Revolution. Since the Renaissance the collection has benefited from "legal deposit" (dépôt légal), providing the library with copies of every book published in the country. See also other BnF locations in Paris and elsewhere in France.

This "Arsenal" site of the BnF, located near the old Paris military arsenal and the Bastille fortress, houses a special collection of 17th & 18th & 19th c. literature, and was a meeting place for Victor Hugo and other early 19th c. literary luminaries. Its "literary evenings" still are held.

* www.bnf.fr
* www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli3.htm#ARSENAL
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Coordinates:   48°51'1"N   2°21'48"E

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