Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay

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Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay
34°54′10″S56°10′39″W / 34.902665°S 56.177513°W / -34.902665; -56.177513
Location Av. 18 de Julio 1790, 11200 Montevideo, Departamento de Montevideo, Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
Type National library
EstablishedMay 26, 1816;209 years ago (1816-05-26)
Architect(s) Luis Crespi
Other information
DirectorValentín Trujillo

The Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay is the National Library of Uruguay, located in Montevideo. It was created in 1815 and is the legal deposit and copyright library for Uruguay. It has been located in its current building since 1955. In 2006, it had more than 900,000 books, and 20,000 periodicals, audiovisual materials, maps, scores, engravings, watercolors, photographs and manuscripts. [1]

Contents

Reading rooms

Special rooms

Newspaper: Keeps all sorts of magazines of Uruguay.

Showrooms

See also

References

  1. "Página principal". Archived from the original on 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2006-01-21.