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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/
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/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Catalonia
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°22'51"N 2°10'10"E
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- Alès-en-Cévennes (Gard), Centre de documentation de l'Ecole des Mines d'Alès 344 km
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- Bergerac, municipal library main branch 410 km
- Bourg les Valence, muncipal library 455 km
- 01. El Raval (Ciutat Vella) 0.4 km
- 02. El Gòtic (Ciutat Vella) 0.7 km
- Walled perimeter of the Roman city "Barcino" in the IV century 0.7 km
- 10. Sant Antoni (Eixample) 0.9 km
- Gaixample 1 km
- Ciutat Vella 1.2 km
- 04. Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i La Ribera (Ciutat Vella) 1.3 km
- Eixample 1.5 km
- 08. Antic Esquerra de l'Eixample (Eixample) 1.5 km
- Port of Barcelona 4.8 km