Ossolineum

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The building of the Ossolineum Institute in Wrocław

The former building of the Ossolineum Institute in Lwów, now Ukraine.

The Ossolineum or Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich (ZNiO, National Ossoliński Institute) is one of the largest scientific libraries and the oldest still existing publishing houses in Poland. It was established in 1817.

The "Ossolineum" was founded by Count Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński in 1817 in Lwów. After the Second World War it was moved to Wrocław in 1947.

External links

• [Ossolineum Library]
• [Ossolineum Publishing House]

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