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Biblioteca Nacional de España

The Biblioteca Nacional de España is the national library of Spain. It is the largest public library in the country, and one of the largest in the world.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—9:00 PM
    Sunday: 10:00 AM—2:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: library in Spain
  • Also known as: “Biblioteca Nacional”, “Biblioteca Pública de Palacio”, “BNE”, “National Library of Spain”, “Palace Public Library”, and “Spanish National Library”
  • Address: Paseo de Recoletos 20-22, Madrid, 28071

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Archaeological Museum and Colon square.

Museum
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The is a archaeology museum in , Spain. It is located on Calle de Serrano beside the Plaza de Colón, sharing its building with the National Library of Spain.

Square
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Plaza de Colón is located in the encounter of , Centro and Salamanca districts of , . This plaza and its fountain commemorate the explorer Christopher Columbus, whose name in Spanish was Cristóbal Colón, whose voyages to the Americas would lead to the creation of the Spanish Empire. is situated 180 metres north of Biblioteca Nacional de España.

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The is a Neo-classical gate in the in , . It was a gate of the former Walls of Philip IV. It stands near the city center and several meters away from the main entrance to the Parque del Buen Retiro. is situated 430 metres south of Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Recoletos and Justicia.

Quarter
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is one of the six wards of in , .

Quarter
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is a ward of belonging to the district of . It contains the neighborhoods of and Salesas.

Neighborhood
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is an area of central Madrid, named after its main square, Plaza de . It is known as Madrid's gay neighbourhood. Plaza de was named after Spanish composer and author Federico .

Biblioteca Nacional de España

Latitude
40.42373° or 40° 25′ 25″ north
Longitude
-3.6899° or 3° 41′ 24″ west
Elevation
672 metres (2,205 feet)
Open location code
8CGRC8F6+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 167386167
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Geo­Names ID
6452862
Wiki­data ID
Q750403
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Biblioteca Nacional de España” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Nasionale Biblioteek van Spanje”
  • Albanian: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Arabic: “المكتبة الوطنية الإسبانية”
  • Armenian: “Իսպանիայի ազգային գրադարան”
  • Asturian: “Biblioteca Nacional d’España”
  • Azerbaijani: “İspaniya Milli Kitabxanası”
  • Basque: “Espainiako Liburutegi Nazionala”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальная бібліятэка Гішпаніі”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальная бібліятэка Іспаніі”
  • Bhojpuri: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Bosnian: “Nacionalna biblioteka Španije”
  • Bulgarian: “Национална библиотека на Испания”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional d’Espanya”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Reial”
  • Central Kurdish: “کتێبخانەی نەتەوەییی ئیسپانیا”
  • Chinese: “西班牙国家图书馆”
  • Chinese: “西班牙國家圖書館”
  • Czech: “Národní knihovna Španělska”
  • Danish: “Spaniens nationalbibliotek”
  • Dutch: “Biblioteca Nacional de Espana”
  • Dutch: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المكتبه الوطنيه الاسبانيه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبة اسبانيا الوطنيه”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Biblioteko de Hispanio”
  • Finnish: “BNE”
  • Finnish: “Espanjan kansalliskirjasto”
  • French: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • French: “Bibliotheque nationale d’Espagne”
  • French: “bibliothèque nationale d’Espagne”
  • French: “Bibliothèque nationale d’Espagne”
  • Galician: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Galician: “BNE”
  • German: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • German: “BNE”
  • German: “Spanische Nationalbibliothek”
  • Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ισπανίας”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית של ספרד”
  • Hungarian: “Spanyol Nemzeti Könyvtár”
  • Iloko: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Iloko: “Nailian a Biblioteka ti Espania”
  • Indonesian: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca Nacional”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale di Spagna”
  • Italian: “BNE”
  • Japanese: “スペイン国立図書館”
  • Korean: “스페인 국립도서관”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Nationalis Hispaniae”
  • Ligurian: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Ligurian: “Bibliotêca Naçionâle de Spàgna”
  • Ligurian: “BNE”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Biblioteca Nasional de Espania”
  • Macedonian: “BNE”
  • Macedonian: “Национална библиотека на Шпанија”
  • Malay: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Malay: “Perpustakaan Negara Sepanyol”
  • Northern Frisian: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bibliotèca Nacionala d’Espanha”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه ملی اسپانیا”
  • Persian: “کتابخانهٔ ملی اسپانیا”
  • Polish: “Hiszpańska Biblioteka Narodowa”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Nacional da Espanha”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Nacional de Espanha”
  • Portuguese: “Historico da biblioteca da espanha”
  • Portuguese: “Histórico da Biblioteca da Espanha”
  • Portuguese: “Histórico da Biblioteca Nacional da Espanha”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca Națională a Spaniei”
  • Russian: “BNE”
  • Russian: “Национальная библиотека Испании”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Serbian: “Национална библиотека Шпаније”
  • Sinhala: “ස්පාඤ්ඤ ජාතික පුස්තකාලය”
  • Slovenian: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Slovenian: “BNE”
  • Slovenian: “Narodna knjižnica Španije”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca nacional de espana”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional”
  • Spanish: “BNE”
  • Swedish: “Spaniens nationalbibliotek”
  • Tamil: “எசுப்பானிய தேசிய நூலகம்”
  • Tatar: “Испания милли китапханәсе”
  • Turkish: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Turkish: “İspanya Millî Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Іспанська національна бібліотека”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна бібліотека Іспанії”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل لائبریری سپین”
  • Venetian: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Venetian: “Biblioteca Nasionałe de Spagna”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện Quốc gia Tây Ban Nha”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nasodnon nga Sulod-Barasahan han Espanya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “National Library of Spain”
  • Welsh: “Biblioteca Nacional de España”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیشنل لائبریری سپین”
  • “बिब्लियोतिका नेशनल दे एस्पाना”

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