Mafra, in Portugal ആണ് 88m (288ft) long, making it the longest സന്യാസി library in the world, narrowly അടിക്കുന്നത് Admont to the title. Housed in a monastery within a royal palace, the library was originally intended to be ലോഹത്തിന്റെ and to have an ornate ചായം ceiling, in keeping with other libraries of the period, but its long and നീണ്ടു നിർമ്മാണ കാലയളവിൽ meant that both the style of architecture and the purpose of the library changed during construction. This is one of രണ്ടു libraries in Portugal ആ വീട്ടില് കോളനികൾ of വവ്വാലുകള് ഏത് live പിന്നിൽ bookcases and feed on the insects which might otherwise eat the books.