This trip was very interesting for me. I had already taken a tour of Sagrada Familia and learned a lot about Gaudi, his life and death. It was cool that I could be in the building where he died. This library used to be a hospital like many other buildings in Barcelona. The library was founded in 1907 but more or less still part of the Hospital de Santa Cruz. It was not until 1998 that full renovations were completed and the building was completely transformed into a library. One cool fact about the Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya is that they have a partnership with Google which strives to make books available on the internet for public access. Books are now being digitized and put on the internet to be easily accessible. My favorite part of the building were the tall ceilings and the private room that was set up for us to view books. The room gave me an idea of how books are preserved and stored in the library while the ceilings showed the beautiful architecture of the building.
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