There are lawns on both sides of the entrance to the college, with a tree in the center. The one on the left is lush and the one on the right is sparse. However, it seems that they have not been planted for too long. It is summer now, and both the lawn and the uncle are green. There are people on the grass.
Sitting on the tree, someone was looking up and taking pictures of the tree.
The buildings on the left and right are also symmetrical, with four long columns. Above the columns are triangular spires, but stone guardrails can be seen around the entire building, which appear to be balconies.
A little further ahead is a square paved with bluestones. It is very empty. There is a beautiful clock tower in the middle of the square.
Han Qi found it unbelievable that there was such a large area of stone pavement on the university campus. He thought of the Dublin Castle he had seen in the morning. Do the Irish just like to put such a square inside large buildings?
Han Qi was still thinking about random things, when suddenly a sweet voice came to his ears:
"The building on the right is our examination building and a theater." She changed her gestures and pointed to the left, "This is the chapel. These two buildings were built in 1775, and the square in front of us is called the Congress.
square."
"Congress Square?" Han Qi asked.
This is just a university, why is it still involved with Congress?
"Yes, Congress Square." The girl nodded in affirmation, then smiled, "I said you will definitely not regret asking me to be your tour guide. How can ordinary people know this when they come to our school?"
Han Qi shrugged and said, "I'm more curious about why this place is called Congress Square."
"Because the Capitol Building was built in this place before." She waved her hand to indicate the stone floor in front of her.
"The Parliament Building was built in 1729, but after the British promulgated the Act of Union in 1800, the Irish Parliament was demolished." She glanced at her aunt from the UK and continued, "But after we became independent in 1922, it was restored.
It is now in the former Duke of Leinster's Palace, not far south of the school."
Continuing forward, we arrive near the bell tower that can be seen upon entering the school.
"This bell tower was only built in 1853. It is 30 meters high, and the national emblem of the British royal family is retained in the middle."
Han Qi nodded silently.
"There is a statue in each of the four corners. The one I am pointing to is the legendary poet Homer, the philosopher Socrates, and his student Plato. The last one is the orator Demosthenes. They are respectively
Representing theology, science, medicine and law."
"There is also a rumor in our college about this bell tower."
"What news?" Auntie asked.
She likes this kind of gossip so that she can introduce it to her friends when she returns home.
The girl said:
"If any student walks under the arch of the bell tower and happens to hear the bell ringing, he will definitely fail the exam. Therefore, students in our school are not willing to walk under it. What if they don't pay attention to the time when passing by?
That's unlucky. So, this bell tower is called an arch that cannot be passed through..."
She deliberately dragged her voice to express the mystery of the matter.
Once here, the sight lines to the left and right are widened. Of course, the one directly in front is the teaching building. Tourists are not allowed to visit this building. After all, it is where students attend classes, and the noise is not very good.
The place where knowledge is imparted should be solemn and serious. Most countries abide by this unspoken rule.
With the bell tower as the center, the building on the left is the Graduate Memorial Building. Behind the building is the tennis court, and then there is the male dormitory of the university. To the right of the bell tower is the Old Library Square, and the building in front of the square is the famous Old Library.
However, no matter how famous he is in the West, Han Qi has never heard of him.
The girl introduced in an enthusiastic tone:
"This was designed by the famous Irish architect Thomas White River. It is the largest library in Ireland. It contains treasures from all over the world, including the Book of Kells! This is where we are going next."
"Okay!!" Auntie was very excited.
The tour guide suddenly said: "But if tourists want to go in, they need to buy a ticket, which is fourteen euros."
"..."
Han Qi hates attractions with built-in paid items.
But now that we are here, and the library has been boasted so shockingly by others, we still have to spend the money that should be spent.
Outside the library is where Han Qi saw the most tourists after entering the school. Students must have their own place to enter the library. The people currently queuing up with Han Qi outside are all tourists.
Yes, line up.
If you want to enter this library, you can't just buy a ticket, you have to queue up, and you have to wait until the people inside can come out before those in line can go in.
Fortunately, the flow of people was still very fast. Han Qi saw a steady stream of tourists coming out of the library's exit.
Even so, half an hour had passed by the time Han Qi and the others entered.
As soon as he entered, Han Qi felt that the design of this library was particularly domineering! The books on the shelves had strong traces of history, and the ancient and exquisite packaging made him almost suspect that these were just decorations.
Picking up a book at random, he found that all the books inside the gold-rimmed cover package were physical and genuine.
The entire library is very large. The little tour guide who met us again after walking in introduced: "There are more than six million books in the entire library, of which 200,000 of the oldest books are in the long hall on the second floor. We will come up to you later."
, what is protected by glass over there is the Book of Kells, and someone opens a page every day, you can go over and have a look."
The first floor is very beautiful, but there are not many people there. There are more people on the Keljing side, but they are limited. I don’t know where the people have gone.
An employee stood in front of the glass cover protecting the Book of Kells, maintaining order among the onlookers.
But there is no need for him to do anything. Most of the tourists are very well-educated and watch from a distance.
You can visit, but in order to protect the Book of Kells, no photography is allowed on the entire first floor.
The book was in Latin. Although he knew what the text was, he couldn't understand it. He just thought the picture on the left page was particularly beautiful. Colorful ribbons formed the head and limbs, and there were small "people" under the big "people".
Countless bags merge into this picture, and the style is somewhat similar to Zangka.
Han Qi looked at it for a while and then exited, taking a look at other corners of the library.
There were really few people on the first floor. Those tourists who came in stood for a while next to the Book of Kells, then ran upstairs after realizing that they couldn't take pictures.
Han Qi finally knew where everyone had gone.
But he thought the first floor of the library was also very beautiful. There were books everywhere. The smell from the pages didn't seem rotten, but it wasn't fresh either. Anyway, it was a very unforgettable smell.
More than six million books are placed in this library, and the bookshelves must be very high, so there are sliding wooden ladders in front of the bookshelves that reach the top to facilitate people to climb up and read.
Suddenly, I turned around a bookshelf, and behind the bookshelf was a spiral staircase leading to the second floor.
No wonder I didn't see any stairs leading to the second floor. It turns out they used this spiral staircase.
The British aunt also finished visiting the first floor, and the tour guide took her over to see Han Qi.
