In an impressive building, art déco style, you will find the emblematic National Library of Colombiathe place that has been keeping and disseminating the country's bibliographic and documentary heritage and the first public library founded in Latin America for more than 80 years. It is worth making clear that this institution, whose first seat was founded by Viceroy Manuel Guirior in 1776 at the then Casa del Seminary, today Palacio de San Carlos - the home of the Chancellery - has worked in different places in the city.
This library is located in the town of Santa Fe, at the height of 24th Street with a fifth race. There you will find a exclusive collection of personal files of some figures of national life, as intellectuals, writers and politicians you will know during your guided tour.
Besides enjoying a magnificent building, designed by the architectAlberto Wills Ferroin 1933, and it was declared National Monument in 1975, In the National Library of Colombia you will find more than 2 million pieces: from manuscripts to photographs to audiovisual material. It's more than 30,000 books published before the year 1800. This cultural space is a recurring meeting site of academics, students and artists.
