This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2014) |
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (January 2011) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay | |
---|---|
34°54′10″S 56°10′39″W / 34.902665°S 56.177513°W | |
Location | Av. 18 de Julio 1790, 11200 Montevideo, Departamento de Montevideo, Uruguay |
Type | National library |
Established | May 26, 1816 |
Architect(s) | Luis Crespi |
Other information | |
Director | Valentín 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]