You might at first start asking yourself why would I go to visit a college in the city that am travelling to? That is actually not the case, because going to Trinity College in Dublin is about checking the old buildings and also visiting the library that is considered from the oldest around the world.

Full name - The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin.

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland is located in College Green opposite the Irish Houses of Parliament. It is built on 47 acres and contains the Library of Trinity College which has over 6.2 million printed volumes of manuscripts, maps and music - including the Book of Kells.

Trinity College was found in 1592 and it was originally established beside Dublin City Walls. This college is considered Ireland's oldest university and is actually one of the seven ancient universities of Britain and Ireland.

Trinity College was partially established as a means of consolidating the Tudor Monarch's rule of Ireland. Among the different things and stories told about Trinity College in Dublin is that is was commonly seen as a predominantly protestant institution, were professorships, fellowships, and scholarships were originally reserved for protestants. This rule was then changed in 1873 to further include the catholic community as well.

The campus of Trinity College is actually a huge one and there are specific things to be spotted in addition to all these old buildings that form the college. There is the important library which is considered from the oldest in the country and there is also Samuel Beckett Theatre and the Douglas Hyde Gallery which are found on the campus and should be checked while being there.

Regardless the studies that one could get and receive from this college, it is important to mention some of the important ranks that this college received when it took part in different polls. In 2010, Forbes placed Trinity College as one of the 15 most beautiful college campuses to be found around the world and that of course comes in addition to lots of the other things that it might have been part of.

Many of the different old buildings which are part of Trinity College are found on the western side of the campus with its modern science buildings being developed on the east. The buildings on the college site range from works of both older architecture and more contemporary structure; visiting this campus will be about a mixture of both, the modern and the old, and that will be enough to explain why this campus is considered one of the best to be found all around the world.

One of the different things that highlight Trinity College in Dublin is the Book of Kells which is a 9th century illuminated manuscript that contains the four gospels of the new testament and which Trinity College was actually its home.

The Book of Kells will take us to one of the most visited touristic attractions in Dublin, Ireland, which is Trinity College Library where the Book if Kells is placed and which is considered the oldest manuscript to be contained in the library. The Library of Trinity College is the largest research library in all of Ireland and it is considered one of the oldest attractions of the city for the old and rare documents that one could find inside.

Walking inside the library is in itself a feeling we won't be able to describe, but the closest thing we could say is that it feels like walking back in history with the atmosphere, the statues and all those old books which are surrounding you from every corner. Due to the library's historic stance, it is considered a legal deposit library for the United Kingdom and assumes a similar role in Ireland as well. The library is also entitled a copy of every single book published in Great Britain and Ireland, which means that over 100,000 new items are added to the library every single new year; just WOW!

There are actually more than five million books in the library of Trinity College and it is also home to manuscripts, maps, and printed music; we believe this is considered enough to attract any person visiting Dublin and let him go to this place.

This is one of the highlights of Dublin city, but you could also visit Dublinia Viking Museum ([ Ссылка ]), have a walk by River Liffey ([ Ссылка ]), have a walk in the famous shopping place which is Grafton Street ([ Ссылка ]), or else go to the Mansion House which is located there as well ([ Ссылка ]), and there are also other places which you could add to the list of course.

Trinity College Dublin courses or Trinity College Dublin tours, both could be done in this top ranking college and both will give you what you need at the end of the road.

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