Location relative to Al-Aqsa
In the Christian Quarter, northwest of the Old City inside the walls of the Old City
Reason for the name
For the Franciscans who set up the library.
Builder
Franciscan monks.
The library was at the beginning of its establishment, especially with the monks, it contained the books they brought with them when they joined the monastery, then it became a public library that everyone can visit, the number of books today is 42,000, written in different languages such as Italian, French, Spanish, English,
Where the topics contained in the library, books on philosophy and theology, manuscripts and documents are rare and of high value.
The Library is one of the richest libraries in the world for its documents concerning the Holy House, where it kept by the monks for more than seven centuries.
The most important of these documents included the documents relating to the Mameluke period and the Ottoman period and the relation of the rulers to the Franciscan monks, documents 454, including the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and other monasteries.
History
The library founded since the establishment of the Latin Monastery, in 1561.