Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College in the Irish city of Dublin is the only surviving college of the historic University of Dublin. The architecture and buildings of Trinity College bear the stamp of Dublin's golden age of architecture - the Georgian period.
This college has three reasons to be proud. First, Trinity College is Ireland's most distinguished educational institution, boasting alumni such as Oscar Wilde, playwright Samuel Beckett, Dracula author Bram Stoker, and Irish President Mary McAleese.
Trinity College was founded by Queen Elizabeth I, who opened it in 1592 as an educational institution for Protestants. The college building was erected on the site of the destroyed All Saints Abbey.
A visit to Trinity College almost always begins in the Old Library with its adjoining Long Hall, which is 64 meters long and filled with cylindrical arches. Today, the library does not play the role of a reading room, but of a museum. In 1860, the roof of the library was raised so that a second row of bookshelves could be installed. Marble busts are displayed on the shelves of the Trinity College library, the most beautiful of which is that of Jonathan Swift - a masterpiece by Louis-Francois Rubiac.
Undoubtedly, the crown jewel of Trinity College is the world-famous Book of Kells. Dating from around 800 AD, the colored manuscript is of great importance as a unique example of the Celtic style of embellishment. The Book of Kells is believed to have been produced on the Isle of Iona, later transferred to Kells Abbey to find its permanent home at Trinity College in 1660, to whom it was presented by the Bishop of Meath, Henry Junes .