The Library of Galicia ( Galician: Biblioteca de Galicia), is a Spain-based

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located in the Galician Cultural City of Santiago de Compostela, the capital of the Galicia Autonomous Region, Spain. It is the largest public library in the Galicia Autonomous Region. The library was designed by American

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. Library of Galicia disseminates the legacy of

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s and

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s such as

Isaac Díaz Pardo Isaac Díaz Pardo (22 August 1920 – 5 January 2012) was a Galicia (Spain), Galician intellectual strongly attached to both Sargadelos and Cerámica do Castro. He was an intellectual Galicianism (Galicia), galicianist, painter, ceramist, desig ...

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and Basilio Losada. The library is the flagship of Galician library system.

History

Library of Galicia was opened on January 11, 2011, covering an area of 155,205 square feet. In March 2013, it had approximately 800,000 volumes in storage.

References

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