Reblogged from bookmania



“The hall in the picture is the philosophical hall in the Strahov library. It was an addition to the thological hall when the whole monestry was altered. The plans were done by Ignaz Johann Palliardi and the fresco was done by Franz Anton Maubertsch who finished his work by 1794.” (Caption by Dana)
*monastery?
And it’s so pretty I could cry.
yes.