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A year later, women were allowed access to the library for the first time, after a petition from writer Antonia Gutiérrez was granted by Queen Regent Maria Christina. [3] During the 19th century, confiscations, purchases and donations enabled the National Library to acquire the majority of the antique and valuable books that it currently holds.
The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading (Portuguese: Real Gabinete Português de Leitura) is a library and lusophone cultural institution, is located in Luís de Camões Street, number 30, in the center of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is listed by the State Institute of Cultural Heritage.
Salvage of valuable books and manuscripts from the library of El Escorial during the fire of 2 October 1872, drawing by Vierge, in Le Monde illustré. The French invasion of 1808 constituted a danger for the institution -not for the works- comparable to the great fire, as there was a risk of a great diaspora of the volumes due to the fact that ...
The Royal Household of Spain, officially the Household of His Majesty the King (Spanish: Casa de S.M. el Rey), is the constitutional body whose primary function is to provide aid and support to the King of Spain in the exercise of his royal duties and prerogatives. [1]
It was created in 1967 as the Biblioteca General de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico General Library) by Joint Resolution No. 44 of the Puerto Rico Legislature. [2] It opened on April 11, 1973. [3] In 2003 it was renamed Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico by Act 188 of August 17 of that year. [4] The library is ascribed to the Institute of Puerto Rican ...
Royal warrants of appointment (Spanish: Proveedores de la Real Casa) have been issued for centuries to those who supplied goods or services to the Monarch of Spain.The warrant enables the company to advertise the royal approval of distinction with the display of the royal coat of arms, thus lending prestige to the company.
The North American Academy of the Spanish Language [2] (Spanish: Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, ANLE) is an institution made up of philologists of the Spanish language who live and work in the United States, including writers, poets, professors, educators and experts in the language itself.
Marquisate of Casa Real (Spanish: Marqués de Casa Real) is a title of the Spanish nobility. The title was granted on 8 November 1760 to the existing viscount of San Jerónimo to Francisco García de Huidobro, Life-Treasurer of the Royal Mint of Santiago de Chile and Knight of Santiago. [1]