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Luis Angel Arango Library

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Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Angel Arango Library
Phone:
+57 1 3431224

Hours:
Sunday8am - 4pm
Monday8am - 8pm
Tuesday8am - 8pm
Wednesday8am - 8pm
Thursday8am - 8pm
Friday8am - 8pm
Saturday8am - 8pm


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. Today its collection has grown to the point where it has become the country's premier library and has come to be considered to be the most important public library in Latin America. It has over 1.1 million books and 1900 reading places; it received 6.7 million visitors in 2008. It is currently under the administration of Banrepcultural.. Books and documents on the following subjects can be found: music, geography, social sciences, economics, arts and humanities, the constitution, rare books and manuscripts, science and technology, and Luis López de Mesa newspaper archives. They also provide audio-visual material. In addition, there is a Concert Hall, reprography service, a cafeteria and parking facilities. The Botero Museum is part of the library. The main entrance features an Athena or Minerva statue. There is also a bookstore in the first floor of the library. The bookstore specializes in books about Colombia, scientific magazines, and literature related to Colombia and its values. The library is named after the lawyer and business man Dr. Luis Angel Arango, who occupied the general manager position of the Banco de la Republica in Colombia, and who was an advocate for culture and literature. The library's architects have included Esguerra Saenz Urdaneta Samper.
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