Biblioteca Palafoxiana
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Biblioteca Palafoxiana is a historic 17th-century library in Puebla, Mexico, renowned as one of the oldest public libraries in the Americas and noted for its extensive collection of rare books and manuscripts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Biblioteca Palafoxiana canonical | 7 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural heritage site
ⓘ
historic library ⓘ library ⓘ public library ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| architecturalStyle | Baroque ⓘ |
| collectionContains |
early printed books
ⓘ
incunabula ⓘ legal texts ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ philosophical works ⓘ rare books ⓘ religious texts ⓘ scientific works ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 19.041°N 98.198°W ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| founder | Juan de Palafox y Mendoza ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfItems | over 40,000 volumes ⓘ |
| hasCollectionSize | approximately 45,000 volumes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
altarpiece
ⓘ
reading room ⓘ wooden bookshelves ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | protected historic monument ⓘ |
| hasTourismAttractionType |
cultural attraction
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
ⓘ
surface form:
Historic Monument of Mexico
Memory of the World International Register ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO Memory of the World Register
|
| inception | 1646 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Puebla
ⓘ
Puebla metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
Puebla City
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | State of Puebla ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding | Casa de la Cultura de Puebla ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Mexico ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Juan de Palafox y Mendoza ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Archdiocese of Puebla ⓘ |
| partOf |
Historic Centre of Puebla
ⓘ
surface form:
Historic centre of Puebla
|
| significantEvent | recognized as the first public library in the Americas ⓘ |
| significantFor |
history of libraries in the Americas
ⓘ
preservation of rare books in Latin America ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | Colonial era ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole | major repository of colonial Mexican printed heritage ⓘ |
| use |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
research ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.