The cultural initiative “Nebrija” has been created by the Antonio de Nebrija Foundation and Google Arts & Culture. The father of Spanish is an educational project with more than 40 digital displays and a number of free activities that explores the life of the first Spanish humanist as well as the development and present use of the Spanish language.

As part of the commemoration of Antonio de Nebrija’s V Centenary of Death, Google Arts & Culture aims to honor his legacy and popularize his persona through technology, with a particular emphasis on the use of the Spanish language globally. It also seeks to provide more context for his works and life, as well as examine his social and cultural influence in the twenty-first century.

Visitors can explore the digital exhibitions to learn more about Antonio de Nebrija’s life and career, see his most priceless creations, take an interactive tour of the cities where the humanist lived and worked, and watch videos with leading scholars and linguists to gain a deeper understanding of his legacy. Participating organizations, both public and private, digitized their holdings in high quality as part of the initiative.

The project not only examines Nebrija in-depth, but it also features exhibitions on Spanish around the globe, including the variety of accents, the origin and history of the language in each region where it is spoken, as well as the key works and digitized documents that illustrate the development of our language.

FROM THE FIRST Spanish alphabet in Africa

The project includes exhibitions on the history of the Spanish alphabet, the language of the Sephardic Jews who were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula in the 15th century, the history of Spanish in Africa, the challenges of telling a speaker from Buenos Aires from a speaker from Montevideo, and the controversy surrounding the terms “Spanish” and “Castilian.”

The history of the “,” a trademark, the fifteenth letter of the alphabet, which exists in other languages besides Spanish and was near to vanish at the end of the 20th century when the European Union tried to standardize keyboards, is included in the offer of “Nebrija. The father of the Spanish.” The proponents of this motion claim that without the representation of Nebrija, neither Spain nor Spain would be the same.

With the aid of 42 in-depth stories, a quiz that explains how the words used by Spanish speakers reveal information about their origin, immersive Street Views of the locations where the author lived, and a collection of expert interviews in video format, people interested in Hispanic culture as well as the life and work of this character will be able to delve into them.

“Antonio de Nebrija: A Life in Illustrations” You can learn about the significant events in Nebrija’s life through a sequence of images made by the Argentine cartoonist Agustn Comotto in one of the 42 stories. From the time he was a student in Bologna up until the point when he was caught up in the Inquisition.

Additionally, you can explore Fernando Gallego’s intriguing painting Salamanca Sky, which is displayed on the dome of the former University of Salamanca Library. Nebrija produced a book about the universe called “In cosmographiae libros introductorium” in connection with this effort.

The visitor will be able to trace Nebrija’s steps at the most significant university of the 13th century or the streets where he helped establish printing presses and bookshops by reading the history “The Salamanca of Nebrija”.

More than 2,000 museums from all over the world are made accessible to the public through Google Arts & Culture, giving them the chance to get up close and personal with works of art, historical artifacts, and natural wonders.