Livraria Bertrand, Bookstore in Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal.
The Livraria Bertrand spans six halls filled with books arranged by genres, featuring wooden shelves and reading corners throughout the space.
Established in 1732 by Pedro Faure, the bookstore survived the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and relocated to its current location in the rebuilt Baixa district in 1773.
The bookstore collection includes Portuguese literature, international works in multiple languages, and sections dedicated to national authors and poets.
The store opens daily from 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM, offering online ordering services and maintaining 52 branches across Portugal.
The Guinness Book of World Records certified Livraria Bertrand in 2011 as the longest continuously operating bookstore worldwide.
Location: Santa Maria Maior
Inception: 1732
Website: https://www.bertrand.pt/
Website: https://bertrand.pt
GPS coordinates: 38.71062,-9.14115
Latest update: May 28, 2025 10:47
European historic libraries and bookshops preserve written heritage accumulated over centuries. From Livraria Bertrand in Lisbon, founded in 1732 and still operating at the same location, to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, which has housed over 13 million works since 1602, these sites reflect the evolution and dissemination of books. Livraria Lello in Porto is notable for its curved wooden staircase and neo-Gothic woodwork from 1906, while Dominicanen Bookshop in Maastricht is housed in a converted 13th-century church. These spaces are distinguished by their architecture, from baroque to neo-Gothic, and by their function preserved across centuries. The Celsus Library in Izmir, built in 135 AD, used double walls to protect its 12,000 parchments from humidity. Hatchards in London has been operating since 1797 over five floors in Piccadilly, whereas Shakespeare and Company in Paris has maintained its English-language tradition since 1951 opposite Notre-Dame. These institutions offer visitors the chance to explore places where the history of the book is engraved in stone and wood.
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