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Page-turner in the Sky: World's Highest Library in Shanghai

| Feb 01, 2016 09:48 PM EST

The library located on the 60th storey of a hotel in Shanghai.

A library on the 60th storey of the JW Marriott Hotel at Tomorrow Square in Shanghai has been certified by the Guinness World of Records as the "highest library in the world." Located 230.9 meters (757 feet, 6 inches) from street level and measuring 57 square meters, the library offers free access to hotel guests and features a collection of more than 2,000 books on various fields like Chinese classics, architecture, philosophy, art, history and literature. It also has a terrace that lets tourists enjoy Shanghai's panorama.

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