Source: Atlas Obscura
The wooden Rococo bookshelves of the grand Mafra Palace Library hold some 36,000 leather-bound volumes dating from the 14th to the 19th century. Book-eating pests would pose a great threat to these old tomes, were it not for the inch-long bats who patrol the library at night.
Upon its completion in 1755, the magnificent Palace of Mafra immediately staked its claim as one of the national treasures of Portuguese architecture. And within the palace…
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