1. DUBLIN CASTLE

2. the record Tower
Inside the tower you will find the collection of donations of the businessman
Chester Beatty.

3. The exterior: the Royal Chapel

4. the interior :
the old ballroom.

5. CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY

6. The collections of the library are divided into “ two segments”:
“ sacred traditions” and “ Artistic tradition”; both exhibit ILLUMINATED
MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, RARE BOOKS and some ARTISTIC
EXPRESSIONS of Islamic culture, Oriental Asia and of the West.
Rare books
Creation of Eve

7. The library is one of the main sources of the study of the Old and New
Testament.
Oldest manuscripsts of the N.T

8. Western Collections Islamic Collections
Greek papyrus manuscript from the III century of the gospel of Luke.
Islamic Collections
Copy of the al – sīra al- nabawiyya
Asian collections
Carved snuff bottles (bottiglie da fiuto scolpite)

9. NATIONAL GALLERY

10. The National Gallery collection was founded in 1854, it opened doors to the public
Ten years later.
It is located in the heart of Dublin and hosts numerous paintings from the Irish
And Italian schools as well as works made by great Dutch masters.
Caravaggio, Capture of Christ
Paolo uccello, the Madonna with the child

11. The National Gallery is divided into three parts:
the Dargan Wing
the Modern Wing
the Milltown Sale

12. Examples of the National Gallery paintings
A woman reading a letter, Gabriel Metsu
The lamentation over the Dead Christ, N.
Poussin
The Annunciation,
Jacque Yverni
The meeting on the Turret stairs, Frederic Burton