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National Library
Felipe V created the Royal Library Public
Library Palace in 1712. During the nineteenth century’s, with the
seizure and the rise of the bibliophile, joined the BNE most
valuable old books and the library own. In 1836 changed its name to
the National Library.
The current building housing the
National Library and the Museum of the Book firstly was Francisco
Jareño and finished by Antonio Ruiz Salces. It opened its doors in
March 1896, after the commemoration of the fourth centenary of the
discovery of America.
The facade on Serrano Street
continues to house the collections of the National Archaeological
Museum. The National Historical Archive and Museum of Modern Art
shared the same building until they were transferred to their
respective headquarters.
The decoration of the facade as the
pediment sculptures have a very significant artistic reading
between the figures appearing Alfonso X the Wise, San Isidro,
Antonio de Nebrija, Luis Vives and Lope de Vega, get
others.
The BNE is the agency responsible
for the deposit of bibliographic and documentary heritage of Spain.
Dedicated to collecting, cataloging and maintaining bibliographic
and custody over 28 million publications produced in country since
the early eighteenth century.