In 1713, Juan Manuel Pacheco, Marquis of Villena, founded the Real Academia Española. Since then, the RAE’s mission has been to “fix the voices and vocabularies of the Castilian language.” Its members are accomplished academicians. The RAE’s influence reaches across 21 Spanish speaking countries through their affiliation with the Association of Spanish Language Academies. The Royal Spanish Academy’s headquarters have been located on Calle Felipe IV since this building opened in 1894.
