The
Public Library of Lleida (
Catalan:
Biblioteca Pública de Lleida), also formerly called
Biblioteca Pública de la Maternitat, is a public library in the city of
Lleida (
Catalonia,
Spain). Its legal owner is the
Generalitat de Catalunya. The building was originally a 19th century
maternity house, that is, an
orphanage located in the
Rambla d'Aragó and has operated as the town's main library since 1998, when it was heavily reformed.