Library of the Strahov Monastery

The library of the Strahov Monastery in Prague. The Philosophical Hall, built for the books coming from the southern Moravian Louka Convent (abolished in 1784) In 1779 Václav Mayer occupied the abbot's throne and was the last to carry out great building activities. His most outstanding work was the building of the new library, now in Classical style. Today it is called the Philosophical Hall . This work brought the extensive building activity at Strahov Monastery to an end and the following generations of abbots devoted their attention merely to minor architectural repairs, all under the influence of contemporary fashion, and to maintenance of the area as a whole.