National government officials led the event. The building was renamed the Borges Library, Center for Borgean Studies, in honor of the famous Argentine writer.
Officials of the Government This Thursday they led the reopening ceremony of the former National Librarythe emblematic building located in the center of the city of Buenos Aires. The work had begun in March 2022 during the administration of Alberto Fernández and involved a investment of $352,312,328.
More than thirty professionals who worked on the project participated in the work. building restoration and movable property and specialists in cabinetmaking, metals, textiles and papers, easel painting, lutherie, upholstery and blown glass.
This afternoon, the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Nation was present at the reopening ceremony, Karina Milei; the Secretary of Culture of the Nation, Leonardo Cifelli; the Secretary of Communication and Media of the Nation, Manuel Adorni; and the Director of the National Library, Susana Soto.
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The officials also inaugurated the plaque with the new name of the building at 564 México Street in the City of Buenos Aires, which will be renamed Borges Library, Borgean Studies Centerin honor of the famous Argentine writer.
The emblematic building today also houses the National Institute of Musicology “Carlos Vega” and to the workshops of the Center for Conservation, Restoration and Research of the Ministry of Culture of the Nation.
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The history of the old Argentine National Library
The Argentine National Library was baptized with this name in 1884. Its first director of the nationalized repository was the French intellectual, Paul Groussac. It was during his administration, in 1901, that the Library was moved from the Block of Lights to the building where it is to this day. Over there, Between 1955 and 1973, the writer Jorge Luis Borges held the position of director of the National Library.
On the first floor, the “Jorge Luis Borges” Study and Documentation Centerwhich is dedicated to increasing the bibliographic and documentary heritage of the “Mariano Moreno” National Library around his work and his figure, placing emphasis on the conservation of books and handwritten documents, the approach of new readers, the promotion of research, the mounting of thematic exhibitions.
Source: Ambito
