Biblioteca y Casa-Museo de Menendez Pelayo

This is one of the most important cultural repositories in the Santander region. The city council commissioned the building especially to house the literary collection of Marcelino Menendez Pelayo (1856-1912) after his death. It was declared a national monument in 1982.Inside the impressive building, the erudite writer's study has been preserved, along with his reading room and library. The glass-fronted oak bookshelves are beautifully illuminated by natural overhead lighting. The library contains some 42,000 volumes, including 563 original manuscripts and 23 rare early books.The Menendez Pelayo family home, built in 1876, can also be visited. The house was still lived in up until 1935 when the Menendez Pelayo Society purchased it to house a museum dedicated to the writer.Admission is free.

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