Mary Library

Mary District Library
Mary welaýaty�� kitaphanasy
Country	Turkmenistan
Type	Library
Established	2011
Location	Mary
Collection
Size	3,000,000

The Mary Library is a regional district library located in Mary, Turkmenistan. It is the largest regional library in the Mary District.^[1]

History[]

Construction of the library began in February 2010. The library building was constructed by the Turkish company Sedaş Inşaat^[2] in the immediate vicinity of the Palace Ruhyet as well as the head of the mosque of the Mary District. The cost of the building was $36.4 million.^[3] The library officially opened on October 20, 2011 and the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, held the official opening ceremony.^[4]

Building[]

The building has a spherical shape, and is supported by 62 columns. The height of the library is 42 meters. The three-story building is designed for the storage of three million books,^[5] and can manage 600 concurrent readers. The library's collection includes a book shop, nine reading rooms, internet facilities, a separate reading room for elders, an office of special departments, conference rooms, and a children's room. Under the dome of the library, which is in the form of tulip petals, is a telescope.

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