National Library of Brazil

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legal deposit library national library

The National Library of Brazil is the country’s largest and most important library, serving as its main repository of bibliographic and documentary heritage and one of the largest libraries in the world.

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Label Occurrences
Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil 3
National Library of Brazil canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal deposit library ⓘ
national library ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Biblioteca Nacional NERFINISHED ⓘ
Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil NERFINISHED ⓘ
buildingStyle neoclassical architecture ⓘ
collectionSize millions of items ⓘ
collectionType books ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
maps ⓘ
music scores ⓘ
periodicals ⓘ
photographs ⓘ
prints ⓘ
rare books ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
foundedBy John VI of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCollectionStrength Brazilian literature ⓘ
Luso-Brazilian history ⓘ
cartography of Brazil ⓘ
colonial Brazil ⓘ
hasFunction legal deposit ⓘ
preservation of national bibliographic heritage ⓘ
public access to collections ⓘ
research support ⓘ
hasOnlineService digital library ⓘ
online catalog ⓘ
headquartersLocation Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation main repository of Brazil’s bibliographic heritage ⓘ
main repository of Brazil’s documentary heritage ⓘ
inception 1810 ⓘ
isLargest largest library in Brazil ⓘ
isOneOf largest libraries in the world ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Portuguese ⓘ
legalDepositFor Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalDepositSince 1808 ⓘ
locatedIn Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro (city) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory State of Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainBuildingOpened early 20th century ⓘ
operator Ministry of Culture of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Federal government of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Brazilian National System of Libraries NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Royal Library of the Portuguese Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent installation in Rio de Janeiro after Portuguese court’s arrival in 1808 ⓘ
transfer of Portuguese royal library to Brazil ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Centro (Rio de Janeiro) → hasLandmark → National Library of Brazil ⓘ
Avenida Rio Branco → hasPart → National Library of Brazil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil
Cinelândia → hasLandmarkBuilding → National Library of Brazil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil
Cinelândia square → hasLandmark → National Library of Brazil ⓘ
subject surface form: Cinelândia
this entity surface form: Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil