The Abbey St. Gall Library is a medieval monastic library. It is an ancient library with a long history, founded in the year 930, and it remained one of the most important cultural centers in Europe until 1805. The library is distinguished by its majestic hall, which was designed in the Rococo style by the architect Peter Thumb (Peter Thumb) in the year 1758, and visitors will find at the door of the hall a Latin inscription that translates in Arabic to “the pharmacy of the soul,” meaning that the books in the place will revive the spirit of visitors. There are currently about 160,000 volumes in the library, in addition to more than 3,000 historical books from the Middle Ages.