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Beetle-infested books are placed in hermetically sealed plastic sacks from which all oxygen is removed. Pannonhalma, Hungary, Thursday, July 3, 2025

Video. Medieval Hungarian library battles beetle infection to save national treasures

Updated: 13/07/2025 - 10:56 GMT+2

The abbey at Pannonhalma was founded in 996, four years before the establishment of the Hungarian Kingdom. Sitting upon a tall hill in northwestern Hungary, the abbey houses the country's oldest collection of books, as well as many of its earliest and most important written records.

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