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From April 1 to Nov. 4, visitors will be welcomed into this centuries-old palace for a look at its historic buildings and the treasures they house. Lambeth Palace has been home to archbishops of Canterbury since the 12th century, when it became clear that the senior religious leader of the land needed to have a base of operation near the king's residence in London. The Most Rev. George Carey, the 103rd archbishop of Canterbury, and his wife, Eileen, have opened their home to the public as part of a London millennium festival. The Lambeth Palace library, founded in 1610, contains more than 4,000 manuscripts and 200,000 printed books, including a Gutenberg Bible from 1445. Peter the Great of Russia, overwhelmed by its treasures when he visited in 1698, said nothing in England had astonished him as much as this library.