Everything about Biblioteca Nacional De Espa A totally explained
The
Biblioteca Nacional de España ('The National Library of Spain') is a major
public library, the largest in Spain.
It is located in
Madrid near the
Paseo de Recoletos.
History
Founded in
1711, the Library was originally The Royal Public Library of King
Philip V. It housed some 60,000 books by
1752, by which time it had become a
legal deposit library. The Library continued to grow, and had significant royal patronage throughout the
18th century. By
1836 it had been renamed as The National Library of Spain ('Biblioteca Nacional de España'), and by
1850 it housed some 200,000 items. In
1896 the Library moved to the current location in center Madrid.
The Madrid premises are shared with the
National Archaeological Museum.
The Library today
Its current catalog is called the
Bibliografía Española. It indexes some 6,000,000 books and journals, 25,000 manuscripts, and 240,000 rare books. In addition to
books,
maps and
manuscripts, it holds collections of visual material such as
drawings,
posters, and
photographs.
Access to the collections is reserved to scholars.
The current Library director is Milagros del Corral.
Former directors include
Jon Juaristi.
Since it's a legal deposit for the whole of Spain, since 1991 it keeps most of the overflowing collection in a secondary site in
Alcalá de Henares, near Madrid.
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