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The French National Library in Paris

In the 1980ies, French President François Mitterand launched the construction of the new French National Library in Paris, The French National Library is now called BNF Francois Mitterand.

The French National Library is located on the Eastern side of Paris, along the Seine river. It faces the POPB Bercy in a spectacular confrontation of modern architecture. Locate BNF on Paris map.

The French architect Dominique Perrault has designed a dramatic building with a splendid garden surrounded by four towers housing the collections.

The French national library in Paris
The French national library in Paris
The French national library in Paris
The French national library in Paris
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The BNF library has 1600 seats in open reading rooms and 2000 seats reserved to scientists and researchers.

It boasts 10 million pieces of printed or recorded material. The interior design from the reading rooms to the furniture is a unique blend of wood, glass and light.

A lovely pedestrian bridge now links the BNF with Bercy (above). More information at BNF official site

Station François Mitterand on line 14

 The French national library in Paris
The French national library in Paris

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