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.

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Biblioteca Palafoxiana canonical 7

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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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Puebla hasLandmark Biblioteca Palafoxiana
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza hasCulturalAttraction Biblioteca Palafoxiana
Puebla de Zaragoza hasLandmark Biblioteca Palafoxiana
Historic Centre of Puebla contains Biblioteca Palafoxiana
Puebla de los Ángeles hasNotableBuilding Biblioteca Palafoxiana
Casa de la Cultura de Puebla hasPart Biblioteca Palafoxiana
Casa de la Cultura de Puebla houses Biblioteca Palafoxiana