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Gedong Kirtya Library

TIME : 2016/2/17 12:38:49

This small historical library was established in 1928 by Dutch colonialists and named after the Sanskrit for 'to try'. It has a collection of lontar (dried palm leaf) books, as well as some even older written works in the form of inscribed copper plates called prasasti . Dutch publications, dating back to 1901, may interest students of the colonial period. It's on the same grounds as Museum Buleleng.