Royal Spanish Academy
in Madrid, SpainCategory: Attraction
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The Royal Spanish Academy (Spanish: Real Academia Española, generally abbreviated as RAE), is the official royal institution responsible for overseeing the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, but is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other hispanophone (Spanish-speaking) nations through the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. The RAE's emblem is a fiery crucible, and its motto is "Limpia, fija y da esplendor" ("Cleans, fixes, and gives splendor").The RAE dedicates itself to language planning by applying linguistic prescription aimed at promoting linguistic unity within and between the various territories, to ensure a common standard in accordance with Article 1 of its founding charter: "... to ensure that the changes the Spanish language undergoes [...] do not break the essential unity it maintains throughout the hispanic world."
The proposed language guidelines are shown in a number of works. The priorities are the Dictionary of the Spanish Language formerly known as DRAE (from the Spanish: Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española), which has 23 published editions since 1780, and its grammar, last edited in October 2014. The Academy has a formal procedure for admitting words to its publications.
The headquarters, opened in 1894, is located at Calle Felipe IV, 4, in the ward of Jerónimos, next to the Museo del Prado. The Center for the Studies of the Royal Spanish Academy, opened in 2007, is located at Calle Serrano 187–189.
