Madrid. – The digital encyclopedia freely accessible on the Internet Wikipedia, with more than 37 million articles in 288 languages, including indigenous languages, she won the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation for its spirit “open and participatory” announced Wednesday jury.
“The jury praised the important example of international cooperation, democratic, open and participatory, with the collaboration selflessly thousands of people of all nationalities, who has managed to make available to everyone the knowledge universal in a similar line to the one that won the encyclopedic spirit of the eighteenth century, “said said AFP.
Established in 2001 by the American Jimmy Wales,” Wikipedia, which ranks among the 10 most visited sites Internet has been continued with more than 37 million articles in 288 languages, including indigenous languages, “said the foreman to announce the award in a brief televised ceremony from Oviedo, in northern Spain.
The award for International Cooperation is the seventh of eight each year since 1981 awarded the Prince of Asturias Foundation, now renamed Princess of Asturias Foundation in honor of the small Leonor de Borbón, 9, new heir to the throne Spain after the proclamation of his father, Philip VI, as the new monarch in June 2014.
This award went last year in the Fulbright educational exchange program sponsored by the US government and in 150 countries . In previous years were recognized with this award, the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science and the movements of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
Equipped with 50,000 euros (about $ 56,000) and a sculpture created by Joan Miró, the Princess of Asturias awards honor people or relevant institutions in areas ranging from scientific research to sports through letters and harmony.
The awards of this 35th edition will be delivered in the fall at a ceremony in Oviedo, home of the Princess of Asturias Foundation, headed by the kings of Spain.
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