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| .- Bertrand Library in December 2010 |
The library, founded in 1732, remained in the Rua Direito de Loreto until the 1755 earthquake wiped out, revived 18 years later, like the phoenix, at its current location Rua Garrett neighborhood of Chiado Lisbon . From then until now, not only has become a benchmark in the literary scene in Lisbon, but, for the sake of zealous proselytizing of books has increased in a number of franchises throughout Portuguese and English.
I could not enjoy its facade, hidden behind a masonry scaffolding, but it took me through its corridors and halls, and even gave up my bones armchair walkers in a secluded while decoding the lilting lyrics of Pessoa. I finally bought a book of the aforementioned, it is heroic Letter to Stupid um (Translation of the title is obvious), but could have purchased any other work of the authors of the 70 Geração (XIX, of course), which became the Livraria the epicenter of fin de siecle literary circles: Oliveira Martins Antero de Quental, Eça de Queiroz, Ramalho Ortigao and do not know if any other of those who self-identified - gave no time for anything else - I defeated gives life. So I left there with the feeling that, in addition to the printed words were declaimed many, many purposes, mostly abortive, which shone so illustrious list of writers the props of the noble wood of the walls.
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| first of the six rooms of the library |
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