National Library of Catalonia (Barcelona)

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 library, listed building / architectural heritage

The National Library of Catalonia (Catalan: Biblioteca de Catalunya) in Barcelona is the national library of Catalonia. It currently occupies 8,820 m² and has about three million items.

The Library was founded in 1907 as the library of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans. It was opened to the public in 1914, in the time of the Mancomunitat de Catalunya, and was housed in the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

Official website (in Catalan only): www.bnc.cat/
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Coordinates:   41°22'51"N   2°10'10"E
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