Biblioteca Nacional de España

library in Spain
Organization national_library Q750403
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Summary

Biblioteca Nacional de España is a national library[1]. It draws 938 Wikipedia views per month (national library category, ranking #20 of 175).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Consortium of European Research Libraries[3], International GLAM Labs Community[4], Conference of European National Librarians[5], International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions[6], International Internet Preservation Consortium[7], Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica[8]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Madrid[9]
  • Country: Spain[10]
  • Instance of: public library[11], main library[12]
  • Headquarters location: Palacio de Biblioteca y Museos Nacionales[13]
  • Postal code: 28071[14]
  • Child organization or unit: Sede de la Biblioteca Nacional de España en Alcalá de Henares[15]
  • Commons category: Biblioteca Nacional de España[16]
  • Chairperson: Ana Santos Aramburo[17]
  • Has part(s): ISSN National Centre for Spain[18]
  • Inception: December 29, 1711[19], January 1, 1712[20]
  • Parent organization or unit: Ministry of Culture of Spain[21]
  • Official website: https://bne.es[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Biblioteca Nacional de España[23]
  • Commons gallery: Biblioteca Nacional de España[24]
  • Email address: mailto:direccion.tecnica@bne.es[25]
  • Described at URL: http://viaf.org/viaf/partnerpages/BNE.html[26]
  • Director / manager: Óscar Arroyo Ortega[27]
  • Employees: 401[28], 353[29]
  • Phone number: +34-917-01-14-94[30]
  • Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[31]
  • Has characteristic: web accessibility[32]
  • Commons Institution page: Biblioteca Nacional de España[33]
  • Date of official opening: 1712[34]
  • Native label: Biblioteca Nacional de España[35]

Why It Matters

Biblioteca Nacional de España has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Retrieved . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Retrieved . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Retrieved . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Retrieved . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . cerl.org. cerl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . glamlabs.io. Retrieved . glamlabs.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . netpreserve.org. Retrieved . netpreserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . bne.es. Retrieved . bne.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Retrieved . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Retrieved . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Retrieved . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . viaf.org. Retrieved . viaf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . bne.es. bne.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . bne.es. Retrieved . bne.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Retrieved . directoriobibliotecas.mcu.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Wayback Machine. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . bne.es. Retrieved . bne.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 66
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  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Pelham
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  3. 20w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Word in dpej of rae id → biblioteca-nacional-de-españa
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