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Episcopal Public Library of Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain · built 1772

The Episcopal Public Library of Barcelona (Biblioteca Pública Episkcopal de Barcelona, BPEB), also called the Episcopal Public Library of the Seminary of Barcelona (Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari de Barcelona) is a library located in the building of the Conciliar Seminary of Barcelona. Founded in 1772, it is the oldest preserved public access library in the city of Barcelona, Spain. It houses a large collection of old and modern books, with about 360,000 volumes. The BPEB belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona and is its central library. It collaborates with the Collective Catalogue of the Catalan Bibliographic Heritage.

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