Here, Atlanta, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum for years have been part of my daily life. Parks and roads around the center Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr in the center of the National History Park.
At the end of December 2024, thousands of people went to the library to pay their respect as they respect the previous president. The cold, snow and darkness of the evening was a tougher contradictory than the heat of the temperature of the volunteers who welcomed us. Our visit was spiral on Galleries, which promote Carter’s life, achievements and democracy around the world.
The US presidents build libraries for more than 100 years since Rutherford B. Hayes. However, the call to correct a library and the call to correct his inheritance works deeper. In the Greek and Roman world, as a scientist, the president and ancient libraries were shot by similarities – some openly prepared and played an important role in the cities to honor the late sponsors.
Trajan Library
The Ulles Library, in the center of the novel, was built by Emperor Trajan, who referred to by the turn of the second century, which referred to by ancient authors, could be the first such a memorial library.
Another one who came to Rome today, the column of the novel can visit about 100 meters of military and engineering achievements after conquering the Ruminia’s tuning. A frieze spiral below the bottom of the column that describes the operations. The monument is already standing. Initially, this was nested in the yard between the two halls of the Ulvi Library.
Most of the library’s architecture are known about the residues of West Hall, 80 feet long, the walls were covered with rectangular niches and framed a colonnade. The niches are covered with marble and the doors appear; This is where the books will be placed. Writers from the first few centuries describe the archive documents on books about the libraries, including archive documents about the linen and imperial and imperial and imperial and empire, including books related to canvas and ivory.
The trajan column dedicated in 113, but after four years later, the library died before the completion of the library. Hadrian, adopted son and successor, Trayans’s cremation, the transportation of Trajan’s column is back in Rome. Hadrian completed the surrounding library complex in 128 Council of Europe and dedicated to parents, Tajan and Plotina with two identical funerators. Scientists Roberto Egidi and Silvia Orlandi, Trjan’s remains later claimed to be transferred to the library salon.
Memorial model
In both cases, I would claim that Trajan was established in the library complex, instead of other officials, another model of other officials. At the east side of the Roman Empire – what is Turkey now – at least two other library rifles buildings have been identified.
One, in NYSA, a library in NYSA in a waved city called a nearby tea. The remains of a man and women under the floor of the entrance porchi, perhaps the patient, the power of the Hediticists, the authorities of Had.
The other is another library of the most recognized ancient library in the city of Ancient Ephesus today. During the trajan authority, the regional Rome Consul and Prokurul was named after the prosecutor, and was founded by the son of a learning place and a mausoleum.
The library’s ornate, sculpture facade, etiquette statues, making it a sign immediately known. The statues of articles define Celsous as the character of Celsus, increase it to the model of role: virtue, intelligence, knowledge and wisdom.
After entering the room, the funeral character of the library was a very literal. The salon was designed as the Ullpian library, but gave an entry into a cryptium under a door. This spent marble sarcophagus with the remains of Celsus, a protection of the library. Sarcophagus himself appeared from the hall, if one stood in front of the central apse and looked down two clefts on the podium.
Annual memories of a gift, the library’s operating costs in ancient times, as well as the wreath of busts and statues, including the birthday of Selsus as well as Selsus.
Power and knowledge
These two provincial libraries emphasize that he hopes to associate with the virtues of sponsors. Books represent knowledge and dedicate a library, one was his owner. Access to learning was a power tool.
Many other ancient Rome public libraries, including many other ancient Roman public libraries, including many other ancient Roman public libraries, including many other ancient Roman public libraries, including many other ancient Roman Public libraries, were a peaceful forum dedicated by the Emperor Vespasian; Hadrian Library in Athens; And on the gymnasium side, a city in Turkey.
The most spectacular libraries gained access to manuscripts and art with gaps for meetings and lectures. There are several major recreation areas, including numerous recreation areas, including branded water features and sculptural gardens of colonnade infantry. Literary sources and material evidence testifies to the treasures held there: busts of philosophers, poets and other literary figures; Statues of the gods, heroes and emperors; The treasures were confiscated in the fight against war and exhibited in Rome.
Like the Ulles Library itself, established by the most famous library of the antique time, continued the long tradition of the Hellenistical Public Libraries built by the Library of Alexandria. Egypt’s Ellinist kings, Ptolemia, the building, the king of the king, who gathered knowledge of the king, is designed to describe the king of the king as a strong ruler.
Anyone who can read in ancient Greece and Rome had access to public libraries. Rules of use: For example, literary sources are a library of the Ulles library in Rome, an article from the Pantainos library in Athens clearly prohibits a book that will be obvious.
However, these buildings were also designed to attract the inheritance of sponsors, to describe them as good as good. The Presidential Libraries in the United States watch the same principle today: when returning to local communities, former presidents are monuments.
Myrsini Mamoli is an architectural teacher at the Georgian Institute of Technology.
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