Biblioteca Nacional de España
The Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library of Spain) is a major public library, the largest in Spain, and one of the largest in the world. It is located in Madrid, on the Paseo de Recoletos.
| National Library of Spain | |
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| Biblioteca Nacional de España | |
| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| Established | 1711 |
| Reference to legal mandate | Royal Decree 1581/1991 on 31 October |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
| Size | 26,000,000 items, including 15,000,000 books and other printed materials, 30,000 manuscripts, 143,000 newspapers and serials, 4,500,000 graphic materials, 510,000 music scores, etc. |
| Legal deposit | Yes, by Decree on 23 December 1957 |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Access to reproductions and post-1958 materials is open to Biblioteca Nacional library card holders. Access to pre-1958 materials is only allowed with a researcher card. Materials in exceptional circumstances are subject to special restrictions. |
| Members | 115,707 readers in 2007. The web users in the same year were 1,800,935. |
| Other information | |
| Budget | €47,380,860 |
| Director | Ana Santos Aramburo (since 2013) |
| Employees | 1025 (including external employees) |
| Website | www |
| National Library of Spain | |
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| Native name Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de España | |
| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| Official name | Biblioteca Nacional de España |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Monument |
| Designated | 1983 |
| Reference no. | RI-51-0004908 |
Location of National Library of Spain in Spain | |
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