Biblioteca Palafoxiana
The Biblioteca Palafoxiana is a library in the central Mexican city of Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza . It was built in 1646 on the initiative of the Spanish bishop and viceroy of New Spain Juan de Palafox y Mendoza . It is thus the first public library in colonial Mexico and is sometimes referred to as the oldest library on the American double continent. In 1673 a new building was completed. The 1999 earthquake damaged the library, leading to restoration work. In 2005 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List .
The inventory comprises 41,000 media, including nine incunabula .
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Codex Techialoyan of Cuajimalpa (1997) | Collection of Mexican Codices (1997) | Códices from the Oaxaca Valley (1997) | The Forgotten (1950) (2003) | Biblioteca Palafoxiana (2005) | American Colonial Music (2007) | Collection of books on indigenous languages (2007) | Collection on the Ashkenazim in Mexico (2009) | Pictographs from the 16th to 18th centuries from the National Archives of Mexico (2011) | Historical collections of the Colegio de las Vizcaínas on women's education and support (2013) | Judicial files on the Amparo trial in Mexico (1869–1935) (2015) | Work by Brother Bernardino de Sahagún (2015) | Estate of Manuel Álvarez Bravo (2017)
Coordinates: 19 ° 2 ′ 32.5 " N , 98 ° 11 ′ 56.2" W.