Nebrija: The Father of Spanish — Google Arts & Culture

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Who was Antonio de Nebrija?

An influential humanist, author of the first Spanish Grammar

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A language that travelled the world

Humanist, philologist and Latinist

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Get to know Nebrija

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The figure

Father of modern Spanish

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The stories

Spanish worldwide

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An expert's approach

Different perspectives on this relevant humanist

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The figure

Field specialists invite us to learn about the author

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His legacy

Nebrija: A man ahead of his time

José Millan

Ana Santos

Teresa Calvente

María José Gálvez

José Luis Delgado

Elvira Roca

Nebrija's works

Into his most important incunabula

Grammar of the Castilian language

First of a Roman Language

His Castilian Spanish Works

The Castilian Grammar and the Rules of Spelling

His Latin Works

Bringing back correct Latin usage

An emblematic figure

His life and work

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Nebrija in 10 interesting facts

Discover a pioneer on his field

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His life in a comic

A series of illustrations by Agustín Comotto.

Historical Landmarks

Following his path through 27 places

The Sky Over Salamanca

Inside the greatest university of the 15th century

A summer night's sky in 1475

Explore the magic of an ancient universe.

Keep exploring

Walk through the old buildings

ExploreEscuelas Mayores

ExploreEscuelas Menores

ExplorePalacio de Anaya

ExploreColegio Fonseca

Nebrija's legacy

An unseasonable thinker

The printing press and Nebrija

This invention reached Spain in 1472, 20 years after the publication of Nebrija's grammar book

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Gutenberg's revolutionary invention comes to Spain

Find out how it led to the dissemination of Nebrijas works

The voices

Look back on the Gala for the 500th Anniversary of Antonio de Nebrija

Nebrija: The word, the music

A cultural performance at Madrid's Teatro Real to celebrate Nebrija's legacy

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Spanish evolution from Nebrija's time to today

Fun facts: Spanish Edition

Did you know Spanish is the official language of three non-spanish-speaking countries?

The Spanish Language Today

Check out this fact-packed infographic that illustrates a collection of curious stats on the Spanish language.

The Spanish language in the World

Varieties of Spanish around the globe

Spanish accents from around the World

Listen to the different Spanish accents through a text by the Uruguayan author Cristina Peri Rossi, winner of the Cervantes Prize in 2022

Some other stories

The origins of what we know today as Spanish

The history of the Spanish alphabet

Inherited from the Latin alphabet but with some peculiarities.

Ñ, the letter that lets us dream

A symbol of the identity of the Spanish language

Brief history of the Spanish language

10 key moments

Ancient Spanish

From Judeo-Spanish to Ladino or Sephardic Spanish

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A language on the brink of extinction

The Spanish inherited from the Jews expelled from the Iberian Peninsula in the 15th century.

Inside and outside Spanish-speaking communities

Metrics and numbers of the Spanish language

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Spanish in the World

Its presence and impact

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Spanish in Non-Spanish-Speaking Countries

10 countries with the largest Spanish-speaking communities

Spanish vs. Castilian

The controversy on what the correct name of this language is

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