In Buenos Aires you can find lots of things to do and visit, but one thing I really like about Buenos Aires is its architecture. There are lots of great
buildings in Buenos Aires that were designed by great architects and the Biblioteca Nacional is one of them.
The Biblioteca Nacional (National Library of Argentina) is the largest library in the country. It is currently located in the neighborhood of Recoleta, being inaugurated in 1810 in a building located in the Manzana de las Luces.
It is an amazing building, buit and designed by the Architect Clorindo Testa, it has a revolutionary design for its time, it was constructed in the 70´s, and one of its main carasteristics is that the ground level was left wide open showing only the park and the reading room as a lookout on the port and the Río de la Plata.
The building has three underground reservoirs, two of them for books, which are deposits for three million books, and one to keep journals and diaries, with a capacity of five hundred thousand copies. In addition, the building currently operates the National School of Librarians, founded in 1956.
I like to post about this buildings beacause Buenos Aires has a very rich history in Architecture and this is one of the attractions of the city.
Me encanta la Biblioteca Nacionalaggi
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These are great pictures and again I appreciate you sharing your part of the world with me. I would love to take my wife there one of these days and who knows, it could happen. Meantime I will continue to enjoy your blog and travels. Thanks!
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what an unusual architectural design for a library built in the 70's!
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ReplyDeleteamazing architectural design...
ReplyDeleteEl Arquitecto de La Biblioteca Nacionl era un grosso pero mal!!
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Ariel Nieto
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ReplyDeleteI'd love to visit Argentina. Someday I will, that's for sure! :)
ReplyDeleteAwsome! I'm facinated by the architecture of the library and the urban design of the context.
ReplyDeleteThis is cool building.. make it looks hanging
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