May 23, 2016
Libraries Around the World: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The National Library of Brazil
Pictures from Patricia Valeria's and Yuken Chen's Flickr streams.
The National Library of Brazil is the largest library in Latin America and the 7th largest in the world.
As a copyright library, Brazilian publishers have been required to send over one copy of every title they've published since 1907, pushing the library’s collection to over 9 million items, including a number of rare books and an extensive collection of over 21,500 photos all dating from before 1890.
Why is the library in Rio and not in the nation’s capital?
When it was built back in 1810 Rio was the nation’s capital.