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Bibliothèque nationale de France (French Bibliothèque nationale de France, abbreviated BNF.) - Library in Paris, the most extensive collection of French-speaking literature in the world. One of the oldest libraries in Europe, the largest library in France and one of the largest libraries mira.Osnovnoe library vault is located on the left bank of the Seine, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris and is named after Francois Mitterrand. The most valuable part of the meeting, the Cabinet of medals and manuscripts are stored in a historical building in the rue de Richelieu, in the ensemble of buildings XVII-XIX vekov.Uzhe King Pepin the Short had a collection of manuscripts. Charlemagne founded the library in Aachen, pretty much at the time, but after his death the library was sold. KorolLyudovik IX again gathered quite a large library, which commanded four spiritual communities. Since then, every ruler of France increased collection biblioteki.