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Collection of photographic images of works of art: the world of books and reading<br>(You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading themu2026Ray Bradbury)
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Madrid, Paseo Recoletos The finial figure of Spain with lion, two other figures and a full sculpted pediment, topping the Biblioteca Nacional de España was made in 1892/93 by Agustín Querol y Subirats (1860-1909)
Madrid Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) by Luis Sanguino (Spanish, 1934) Avenida de Arcentales
Madrid Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) by Luis Sanguino
Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921) Spanish novelist, journalist, essayist, critic and scholar from Galicia
Sanxenxo, Spain Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921)
Coruña Jardín de Méndez Núñez Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921)
Coruña (Galicia, Spain) Jardín de Méndez Núñez Emilia Pardo Bazán
Madrid Calle Princesa Emilia Pardo Bazán by Rafael Vela del Castillo, 1928
Madrid Emilia Pardo Bazán by Rafael Vela del Castillo, 1928
In 1921 she was appointed to the Senate but never formally took up her seat
Madrid Emilia Pardo Bazán by Rafael Vela del Castillo, 1928
Ávila, Spain Monument to Santa Teresa de Jesús by Juan Luis Vassallo Parodi
Ávila, Spain Santa Teresa de Jesús by Juan Luis Vassallo Parodi (1908-1986)
Ávila, Spain Santa Teresa de Jesús by Juan Luis Vassallo Parodi (1908-1986)
Logroño, Spain Nuestra Señora del Carmen Cemetery
Logroño, La calle Bretón de los Herreros La lectora de Bretón (Reading woman) by Félix Reyes (b.1941)
Vigo, Spain Monument to Jules Verne (1828-1905)
Monument to Jules Verne (1828-1905) by Jose Molares (Spanish, 1961)
The Battle of Vigo Bay (1702) is referred to in Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Vigo, Spain 2005 The Monument commemorates the centenary of the death of Jules Verne (1828-1905)
Monument to Jules Verne (1828-1905) by Jose Molares (Spanish, 1961)
Madrid, Spain Fuente de Libros (Books source) by Francesc Torres, 2005
Madrid, Spain Fuente de Libros (Books source) by Francesc Torres, 2005
Madrid Fuente de Libros by Francesc Torres, 2005
Madrid, Parque Norte León Felipe (1884-1968), poet, by Gabriel Ponzanell
Madrid, Paseo de Recoletos Juan Valera (1824-1905) by Lorenzo Coullaut Valera (1928)
Madrid, Paseo de Recoletos Pepita Jiménez, the muse of Juan Valera, by Lorenzo Coullaut Valera
Madrid Francisco de Quevedo (1580 –1645) Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era
Madrid Monument to Francisco de Quevedo by Agustín Querol y Subirats (1860-1909)
Madrid Monument to Francisco de Quevedo
Madrid Monument to Francisco de Quevedo (1580 –1645) by Agustín Querol y Subirats (1860-1909)
Torrelavega, Spain Torrelavega, Spain Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
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