oldest cultural building in the United States, one of the most important treasuries of
library includes one hundred and sixty-four million works by millions of
books, maps and manuscripts, and its age is more than two hundred years. The world's cultural
Congress is a huge cultural and historical edifice. The year one thousand eight hundred and specifically a day
twenty-eighth of April of that year. The US President issued the
former John Adams, a decision according to which the seat of government, i.e. Congress, was moved from
fire to Washington. He decided to set up a dedicated library in the place
Members of Congress only find in it the references they may need in
their work. With a budget at the time of five thousand US dollars. To remain
library unchanged for fourteen years, until the Philadelphia soldiers set
Britain, a big fire. Then the retired US President donated
Jefferson to repair what was destroyed by the fire in his private library. The library opened
again in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. This time it was announced as a
It was opened under the name of the National Library. And it remained so until the year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven. When it opened its doors to the general public on the
American. To be the first public library in America. And he was thirty at the time
six thousand four hundred and eighty-seven, but it has gradually multiplied
an exceptional daily growth rate of fourteen thousand pieces. This is the
, the great cultural edifice in Washington
in a grandiose design that includes three buildings spread over thirty-nine hectares and
and linked to each other underground. The first of these is a pavilion that bears the name of the third president.
America, which was opened in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. He calls the
name of the Main Library of Congress. It was designed according to the model
architect of the Renaissance goes back to its north, the pavilion of John Adams, the president
second of the country, which was opened in the year one thousand nine hundred and eight
. And finally, the building that was opened in the year one thousand nine hundred and one for
Eighty. It was named after the fourth US president, James Madison.
. This amazing cultural edifice is characterized by a unique architectural style. As it is
its walls covered with unique drawings are sixteen meters high.
It contains an archive of more than one hundred and sixty-four million works. A piece of music is
between thirty-eight million books and seventy million manuscripts and three bearing the
six hundred thousand million recorded tapes and fourteen million photographs.
million five hundred thousand million map. Eight million and one hundred thousand
distributed . In addition to the millions of materials that were not made
rated so far. The number of its visitors reaches eighteen million, and
tourist annually. It also contains an archive of pictures of prominent historical figures.
students, military equipment, and educational and health facilities. Also, the
two hundred employees who serve the library. Their average salary is
six hundred million dollars annually. Arab cultural treasure. The Middle East section of the
Library of Congress is rich in manuscripts and important Arabic and Islamic books.
contains about four hundred thousand books. In addition to the two thousand manuscripts. The
dating back to the period between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries,
AD. A variety of medical, religious, literary and philosophical books
and scientific. It also includes a mission for Ibn Sina and astronomical books for senior Arab scholars
like the book of pictures of the forty-eight planets. The library also has an
a translated version of the Holy Qur’an. He was the third US president, with
Thomas Jefferson bought it in the year one thousand seven hundred and six, and it did not come out
. Also from
Islamic heritage library in the library, a Qur’anic patch written in Kufic script,
dating back to the eighth century AD. In addition to a poem written on it, one
Burda system in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Books
, other scientific, religious, literary and political conversions are successively carried out. The Library of Congress, which
a huge cultural, historical and civilizational edifice.
By displaying books and sciences on the shelves of the library
Its holdings are converted into electronic books that all students of knowledge can read,
and make use of it. What do you think of this cultural edifice? Have you visited it before?