The Clementinum (Klementinum in Czech) is the national library of the Czech Republic situated in Prague. United States Library of Congress, Jefferson building A national library is a library specifically established by the government of a nation to serve as the pre-eminent repository of information for that country. ... Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ...

Wall with sundials, inside Clementinum.

The history of the library dates from the existence of a chapel to Saint Clement in the 11th century. A Dominican monastery was founded in the medieval period, which was transformed in 1566 to a Jesuit college. In 1622 the Jesuits transferred the library of Charles University to the Klementinum. The Jesuits remained until 1773, when the Klementinum was established as an observatory, library, and university by the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (918x646, 80 KB) Wall with sundials, court at Prague Klementinum. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (918x646, 80 KB) Wall with sundials, court at Prague Klementinum. ... A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ... Clement is an adjective for clemency, and also the name of a number of notable figures: Saint Clement of Alexandria Saint Clement of Ohrid Pope Clement I Pope Clement II Pope Clement III Pope Clement IV Pope Clement V Pope Clement VI Pope Clement VII Pope Clement VIII Pope Clement... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... Modern-style library In its traditional sense, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. ... The Charles University of Prague (also simply University of Prague; Czech: Univerzita Karlova; Latin: Universitas Carolina) is the oldest and most prestigious Czech university and among the oldest universities in Europe, being founded in 1340s (for the exact year, see below). ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Observatory of Strasbourg An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. ... This page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the Habsburg Empire from 1740-1780. ...

The National Library was founded in 1781 and from 1782 the Klementinum was a legal deposit library. 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... United States Library of Congress, Jefferson building A national library is a library specifically established by the government of a nation to serve as the pre-eminent repository of information for that country. ...

In 1918 the newly-established Czecho-Slovak state took over the library. Since 1990, it has been the National Library. 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Czechoslovakia (Czech: ÄŒeskoslovensko, Slovak: ÄŒesko-Slovensko/before 1990 ÄŒeskoslovensko, German: Tschechoslowakei) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The architecture is a notable example of Baroque architecture and Clementinum, covering 20,000 square metres, is the second largest complex of buildings in Prague after the Prague Castle. Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Baroque architecture, starting in the early 17th century in Italy, took the humanist Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical, theatrical, sculptural fashion, expressing the triumph of absolutist church and state. ... Categories: Stub | Castles in Prague | Czech Castles ...

The library contains a collection of Mozartiana, material pertaining to Tycho Brahe and Comenius, as well as historic examples of Czech literature. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. ... Tycho Brahe (December 14, 1546 Knudstrup, Denmark – October 24, 1601 Prague, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)) was a Danish nobleman, well known as an astronomer/astrologer (the two were not yet distinct) and alchemist. ... Comenius on a Czechoslovak 20 koruna banknote Jan Amos Komenský (Latinized Comenius) (March 28, 1592, in Moravia (now the Czech Republic) – November 15, 1670, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) was a Czech teacher, educator and writer, known as teacher of nations. ... Literature in the Czech Republic was disproportionately popular and important since early 19th century, as culture became something of a substitute for politics in stifled conditions of Austria-Hungary and then again in Nazi and Communist dictatures. ...

Today the complex hosts National, University and Technical library. City Library is located in close neighbourghood.

In 2005 the Czech National Library received the UNESCO´s Jikji prize (Memory of the World). UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... UNESCO Jikji or Memory of the World is a UNESCO prize to further promote the objectives of the Memory of the World Programme and to commemorate the inscription of the Jikji, the oldest known book of movable metal print in the world. ...

Curiosities

View of Prague from Clementinum

• At one time Clementinum was the third largest Jesuit college in the world.
• The oldest weather recording in area of today's Czech Republic started in Clementinum in 1775. The recording continues through the present day (details in Czech).
• Clementinum is mentioned in The Secret Miracle by Jorge Luis Borges. The main character has a dream of the library of Clementinum where the librarians look for God in the books of the library. One of the librarians says: God is in one of the letters of one of the pages of one of the four hundred thousand books of Clementinum. My fathers and the fathers of my fathers have looked for this letter; I myself have gone blind looking for it.

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External link

• Clementinum history (in Czech)