Instituto Cervantes

cultural institution oriented to the promotion and teaching of the Spanish language, and the dissemination of Spanish and Latin American culture
Organization cultural_institution Q165715
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Instituto Cervantes

Summary

Instituto Cervantes is a cultural institution[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of cultural_institution entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (387 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instituto Cervantes received the Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[3].
  • Instituto Cervantes was a member of European Union National Institutes for Culture[4].
  • Instituto Cervantes is located in Madrid[5].
  • Instituto Cervantes is in the country of Spain[6].
  • Instituto Cervantes's instance of is recorded as cultural institution[7].
  • Instituto Cervantes's instance of is recorded as educational institution[8].
  • Instituto Cervantes's instance of is recorded as human-geographic territorial entity[9].
  • Miguel de Cervantes is named after Instituto Cervantes[10].
  • Instituto Cervantes's headquarters location is recorded as Madrid[11].
  • Instituto Cervantes's child organization or unit is recorded as Instituto Cervantes de Varsovia[12].
  • Instituto Cervantes's child organization or unit is recorded as Instituto Cervantes de Cracovia[13].
  • Instituto Cervantes's child organization or unit is recorded as Instituto Cervantes Tokio[14].
  • Instituto Cervantes's child organization or unit is recorded as Instituto Cervantes, Berlin[15].
  • Instituto Cervantes's child organization or unit is recorded as Instituto Cervantes de Budapest[16].
  • Instituto Cervantes's child organization or unit is recorded as Instituto Cervantes de Salvador de Bahía[17].
  • Instituto Cervantes's child organization or unit is recorded as Instituto Cervantes of Manila[18].
  • Instituto Cervantes's child organization or unit is recorded as Biblioteca María Zambrano. Instituto Cervantes di Roma[19].
  • Instituto Cervantes's child organization or unit is recorded as Instituto Cervantes de Pekin[20].
  • Instituto Cervantes's child organization or unit is recorded as Instituto Cervantes de Shanghai[21].
  • Instituto Cervantes's child organization or unit is recorded as Instituto Cervantes Praga[22].
  • Instituto Cervantes's Commons category is recorded as Instituto Cervantes[23].
  • Instituto Cervantes's chairperson is recorded as Luis García Montero[24].
  • Instituto Cervantes comprises Instituto Cervantes, Berlin[25].
  • 1991 marks the founding of Instituto Cervantes[26].
  • Instituto Cervantes's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.4842869, 'lon': -3.363037}[27].

Body

Founding

1991 marks the founding of Instituto Cervantes[26].

Leadership

Instituto Cervantes's chairperson is recorded as Luis García Montero[24].

Operations

Instituto Cervantes's headquarters location is recorded as Madrid[11]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Secretariat of State for International Cooperation[28]. Subsidiaries include it de Varsovia[12], an institute[29], in Poland[30], founded in 1994[31], headquartered in Warsaw[32]; it de Cracovia[13], an institute[33], in Poland[34], founded in 2004[35], headquartered in Kraków[36]; Instituto Cervantes Tokio[14], a cultural institution[37], in Japan[38]; it, Berlin[15]; it de Budapest[16], an institute[39], in Hungary[40], founded in 2004[41]; and it de Salvador de Bahía[17], a cultural institution[42], in Brazil[43].

Recognition

Instituto Cervantes received the Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[3].

Why It Matters

Instituto Cervantes ranks in the top 3% of cultural_institution entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (387 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

FAQs

What awards did Instituto Cervantes receive?

Honors received include Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[3].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [4] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Instituto Cervantes. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/instituto-cervantes
MLA “Instituto Cervantes.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/instituto-cervantes.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_instituto-cervantes_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Instituto Cervantes}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/instituto-cervantes}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Instituto Cervantes — https://4ort.xyz/entity/instituto-cervantes (retrieved 2026-04-11)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/instituto-cervantes · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Olea · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dir3 id EA0008372
    Word in dpej of rae id instituto-cervantes-ic
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P6222]]: EA0045705, uploading DIR3 data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/ddf7725e6b6|details]])"
  2. 14d ago · Olea · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of cultural institution, educational institution, human-geographic territorial entity
    Tabakalera id 64959
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q15642541]]"
  3. 25d ago · Gerwoman · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sancho el sabio foundation id 64507
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30386|batch #30386]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.