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| 22°11′34″N 113°32′37″E / 22.19282°N 113.54372°E / 22.19282; 113.54372 | |
| Location | Macau |
| Type | Public library |
| Architect(s) | Chen Kunpei[1] |
The Octagonal Pavilion Library (simplified Chinese: 八角亭图书馆; traditional Chinese: 八角亭圖書館), or Bajiaoting Library,[2] formally named as the Reading and Newspaper Room attached to the Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce,[3] simply known as Octagonal Pavilion,[4] is a library located on the periphery of the S. Francisco GardenofMacau.[5] The library is named after its octagonal pavilion shape.[6]
Octagonal Pavilion Library has a collection of 20,000 books and more than 90 kinds of newspapers and periodicals.[7] And it has a total surface area of 1,130 square feet.[8]
Octagonal Pavilion Library was designed in 1926 and completed in 1927.[9] It is the first Chinese library and the first public library to open in Macau.[10]
On November 1, 1948, the Octagonal Pavilion Library was inaugurated by Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira, the then Governor of Macau, and still serves the general public today.[11]
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