He who California of Castellón has gained a second life. The city council is determined to transform the venue, which It was an important projection room and also a nightclubso that I can host all types of cultural and leisure activities. The presentation of new design It was a great success in attendance among the Castellón society, which has been waiting for many years for the recovery of this building that is part of the cultural and sentimental heritage of the oldest residents.
The California It has marked many generations of the municipality and is part of its historical heritage. The new mayor, Horta Gómezthe project has been taken as a personal challenge together with the Heritage Councilor, Andrew Rodríguez. The objective is convert the property into the “cultural engine of Castelló”. The building is 75 years old and is currently owned by the city council.
The neighbors have contributed to creating the new design so that it becomes “a space to everyone’s taste”, as highlighted by the city council. Through the different workshops-debates, it has been possible to “create a new modern, avant-garde building capable of hosting all kinds of events“, without losing the authentic essence of old cinema that has given us so many good times,” emphasizes the mayor.
The old summer cinema fell into disuse. The best artists of the moment spent their day on its stage, it is one of the projects that the new Castelló government has considered as a priority. Deterioration due to lack of use and maintenance has forced the rehabilitation and consolidation of some spaces in recent years.including the boxes.
The cinema was built in the 1950s by the architect Juan Guardiola, who also designed other very popular summer cinemas in the region such as the Casablanca de Alzira, now gone, or the no less emblematic Cine Monterrey de la Pobla Llarga. had a capacity for a thousand people and was a reference in the entire region. Artists such as Lola FloresCarmen Flores o Juanito Valderrama and then, in the transition, Al Tall, Paco Muñoz and other singer-songwriters.
The city council intends recover cinema as a recreational, social and cultural space. And for this we will have to seek financing.
2023-12-06 06:40:33
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