Real Academia Española (Madrid)

Gebäude der Real Academia Española in Madrid, Farbphotographie, 2009, Photograph: Daderot; Bildquelle: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Real_Academia_Espa%C3%B1ola,_Madrid_-_view_2.JPG, gemeinfrei.

The Spanish Royal Academy was founded in 1713 after the example of the Académie française and, also after the example of the latter, set about compiling a dictionary of the Castilian language, which was completed by 1750.

Building of the Real Academia Española in Madrid, colour photograph, 2009, photographer: Daderot; source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Real_Academia_Espa%C3%B1ola,_Madrid_-_view_2.JPG, public domain.