Hadrian’s Library

Hadrian's Library is the ruin of a monumental building created by Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD 132 on the north side of the . The main entrance to the library was part of the Stoa of Hadrian with columns of Karystian marble and Pentelic capitals.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 69 metres (226 feet)
  • Description: Roman library in Athens
  • Also known as
    “Hadrian Library”
    “Library of Hadrian”

Places of Interest Nearby

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Places in the Area

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Hadrian’s Library

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Latitude
37.9754° or 37° 58′ 31″ north
Longitude
23.72655° or 23° 43′ 36″ east
Open location code
8G95XPGG+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 729674865
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
6947701
Wiki­data ID
Q1455447

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Hadrian’s Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة هادريان”
  • Asturian: “Biblioteca d’Adrianu”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca d’Adrià”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca d’Hadrià”
  • Cebuano: “Hadrian’s Library”
  • Chinese: “哈德良圖書館”
  • Czech: “Hadriánova knihovna”
  • Dutch: “Bibliotheek van Hadrianus”
  • Esperanto: “Biblioteko de Hadriano”
  • Finnish: “Hadrianuksen kirjasto”
  • French: “bibliothèque d’Hadrien”
  • French: “Bibliothèque d’Hadrien”
  • German: “Hadriansbibliothek”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη Αδριανού”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη του Αδριανού”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית אדריאנוס”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca di Adriano”
  • Japanese: “ハドリアヌスの図書館”
  • Korean: “하드리아누스의 도서관”
  • Kurdish: “Pirtûkxaneya Hadrianus”
  • Macedonian: “Адријанова библиотека”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه هادریان”
  • Polish: “Biblioteka Hadriana”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca de Adriano”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Адриана”
  • Serbian: “Хадријанова библиотека”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca de Adriano”
  • Swedish: “Hadrianus bibliotek”
  • Turkish: “Hadrianus Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека Адріана”
  • Urdu: “ہیڈرین کا کتب خانہ”

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