Hispanic Society of America

The Hispanic Society of America, now renamed the Hispanic Society Museum and Library, operates a museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of and and their former colonies in Latin America, the Spanish East Indies, and Portuguese India.
hispanicsociety.org
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: museum and reference library in New York City for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain and Portugal and their former colonies
  • Address: 613 West 155th Street, New York, NY 10032

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Audubon Terrace and 157th Street station.

Historic site
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is a cultural complex comprising eight buildings in the neighborhood of , New York City, United States.

Metro station
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The is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Broadway and 157th Street in neighborhood of , it is served by the 1 train at all times. is situated 540 feet northeast of Hispanic Society of America.

Church
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is situated 1,000 feet south of Hispanic Society of America.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Washington Heights and Hamilton Heights.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of in . It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the of in . It is the northernmost part of the West Harlem area, along with and Morningside Heights to its south, and it contains the sub-neighborhood and historic district of . lies to Hamilton Heights' north, and to its east is .

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the central-west section of , . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, to the south, and the to the west.

Hispanic Society of America

Latitude
40.83337° or 40° 50′ 0″ north
Longitude
-73.94664° or 73° 56′ 48″ west
Elevation
112 feet (34 metres)
Height
60 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
87G8R3M3+88
Open­Street­Map ID
way 275021006
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6342625
Wiki­data ID
Q2420849
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Hispanic Society of America” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Sociedá Hispánica d’América”
  • Catalan: “Hispanic Society of America”
  • Chinese: “美國西班牙裔協會”
  • Czech: “Hispanic Society of America”
  • Czech: “Hispánská společnost Ameriky”
  • Dutch: “Hispanic Society of America”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجمعيه الامريكيه الاسبانيه”
  • Esperanto: “Hispana Societo de Ameriko”
  • French: “Hispanic Society of America”
  • French: “The Hispanic Society of America”
  • Galician: “Hispanic Society of America”
  • German: “Hispanic Society of America”
  • Hebrew: “האגודה ההיספאנית של אמריקה”
  • Hindi: “अमेरिका हिस्पानी समाज”
  • Italian: “Hispanic Society of America”
  • Japanese: “アメリカヒスパニック協会”
  • Japanese: “ヒスパニック・ソサイエティ”
  • Korean: “미국 히스패닉 협회”
  • Persian: “انجمن اسپانیایی آمریکا”
  • Polish: “Hispanic Society of America”
  • Portuguese: “The Hispanic Society of America”
  • Slovenian: “Hispanic Society of America”
  • Spanish: “Hispanic Society of America”
  • Spanish: “Sociedad Hispánica de América”
  • Spanish: “The Hispanic Society of America”
  • Ukrainian: “Латиноамериканське товариство Америки”

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