On July 3, 2014, His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain arrived at the Biblioteca Nacional de España in Madrid to attend the opening of the exhibition, Diseñar América: El Trazado Español de los Estados Unidos.

According to the official website for Biblioteca Nacional de España this unique exhibition:

“…brings together, under the same looking glass, Spain’s ample contribution to the construction of the United States territory, landscape and cities, presenting this as a living legacy under constant renovation. This is, therefore, a fluid dialogue between past and present illustrated by more than 70 original works from the collections of the National Library of Spain, the Spanish General Military Archive and the Archives of the Spanish Naval Museum.”