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The National Library of Chile is the national library of Chile. It is located on the Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins in Santiago, in a building completed in 1925, though its history reac
Front view of the National Library of Chile building
The Aurora de Chile, Chile's first newspaper, is kept at the Biblioteca Nacional.
Chilean Hallroom (Sección Chilena) of the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Computers hall, details of the doors
The Royal University of San Felipe was a university created by King Philip V in 1738, in territory which was then part of the Kingdom of Spain. It was officially founded in Santiago in 1747 and began
National Library of Chile
…Henríquez (director of the Aurora de Chile newspaper) was named as the second head librarian. Since its creation, the library had been a dependency of the Universidad de San Felipe and its successor, the Universidad de Chile, until it gained autonomy in 1852. In 1913, upon its 100th anniversary, the Biblioteca Nacional acquired…
Seal of the University