Tercentenary
The exhibition Biblioteca Nacional de España: 300 años haciendo historia [Biblioteca Nacional de España: 300 years making history], organised by the BNE and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), launched the celebrations of the Tercentenary of the country's oldest cultural institution on 13 December.
The year long celebration, lasting till the end of 2012, will begin with an international meeting of hispanists. Throughout this period there will be activities with publishers, bookshop owners and representatives from the book world, theatrical performances, lectures about books as the source of knowledge, exhibitions, concerts, publications... and a meeting of Cervantes Award winners who will read extracts from their own texts, beside their portrait.
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