Luis Angel Arango Library

Local nameBiblioteca Luis Ángel Arango
LocationLocalidad La Candelaria

Luis Ángel Arango Library is a public library located in Bogotá, Colombia. It was founded in 1958 as a small library with a few books on economics, currently its collection has about 2'000.000 works. Today the library has been expanded and occupies two entire city blocks spanning about 45,000m². Its collection has grown to become the country's premier library and has come to be considered the most important public library in Latin America, and one of the most visited in the world. It has over 1.1 million books and seating for 1900 readers; it received 6.7 million visitors in 2008. The library is named after the lawyer and businessman Luis Angel Arango, the general director of the "Banco de la Republica" in Colombia from 1947 to 1957, and a champion of culture and literature for all. The library is part of the cultural affairs wing of Colombian Central Bank, Banrepcultural network, which today runs 23 additional libraries, cultural centers and museums across Colombia.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Ángel_Arango_Library

Official Website https://www.banrepcultural.org/bogota/biblioteca-luis-angel-arango

Phone +57 1343 1212

Coordinates 4°35'50.042" N -74°4'22.305" E

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