======Biblioteca Pública Episcopal del Seminari de Barcelona======
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**The Episcopal Public Library of Barcelona** (in Catalan and Spanish: Biblioteca Pública Episcopal de Barcelona, **BPEB**), is a library located in the building of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conciliar_Seminary_of_Barcelona&action=edit&redlink=1|Conciliar Seminary of Barcelona]]. Founded in 1772, it is the oldest preserved public access library in the city of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona|Barcelona]], Spain. It houses a large collection of old and modern books, with 229,005 volumes . The BPEB belongs to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Barcelona|Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona]] and is its central library. It collaborates with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Collective_Catalogue_of_the_Catalan_Bibliographic_Heritage&action=edit&redlink=1|Collective Catalogue of the Catalan Bibliographic Heritage]]. The library houses a large collection of old and modern books, with a total of 229,005 volumes as of December 2024. The collection primarily concerns [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology|theology]], ecclesiastical sciences, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible|Bible]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy|philosophy]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_arts|arts]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities|humanities]]. Of the library's collection, 95 of the books are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incunable|incunabula]] (printings from before the 16th century) and 625 are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript|manuscripts]]. The oldest of these is dated to the 14th century.