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After extensive renovation, the historic Richelieu site reopened revealing Napoleon III's oval reading room and the Labrouste Reading Room with iron architecture. The manuscripts department holds illuminated medieval books of hours, Charlemagne's gospels, and Napoleon's personal library. The Cabinet of Medals adds 2,000 years of numismatic treasures.
Historic Richelieu site with oval reading room and manuscripts department housing medieval illuminated texts.
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