The Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras is the national library of Honduras

Honduras

Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

, containing more than 40,000 volumes. It was the dream of its founder Doctor Antonio R. Vallejo and the dream of its promoters, Secretary Marco Aurelio Soto

Marco Aurelio Soto

Marco Aurelio Soto was President of Honduras from 27 August 1876 until 19 October 1883. he was known as a liberal. He was a reforming President and had a great impact on the Honduras of his time, including the establishment of the Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras in 1880.-Biography:Dr. Marco...

and Doctor Ramón Rosa, and established August 27, 1880, during the administration of Marco Aurelio Soto through an agreement on February 11, with a budget of one thousand pesos.

The Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras is a public institution governed by the Secretary of Culture, Arts and Sports, and its mission is to compile, catalog, classify, conserve and spread all published documents in the country as well as foreign publications.

Through generations of compatriots have grown and formed intellectually within the solid walls of knowledge that make up the institution.