Centro Cultural Baudilio Vega Berríos
Encyclopedia
The Centro Cultural Baudilio Vega Berríos is a cultural center
located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
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Located in the heart of the city, aside the City Hall
and the Teatro Yagüez
, extending between Candelaria Street (former McKinley)
at front to the Ernesto Ramos Antonini Street (former Eleven of August) at back.
, for whom the building was named. It was built strictly with municipal funds. It has a luxurious theater with capacity for seven hundred people, a library, a historic museum and reading and conference rooms plus a modern cafeteria.
With the city's bicentennial approaching in 1960, the Bicentennial Committee proposed the construction of a building that would house the different facets of Mayagüez cultural life. In 1968 the Cultural Center was finally inaugurated.
Don Baudilio Vega Berríos, Mayor of the city, said during its inauguration, that: "... in fact, at all classes social-working, artisans, dependents on commerce, businessmen, industrialists, it was notable the concern towards the joy in their cultural recreational field as so many jobs in their daily lives". So therefore the building was constructed for the Cultural Center of the city of Mayagüez, aiming to replace the old municipal theater with the huge advantage that respond to modern construction techniques.
On September 3, 1983 being mayor of the city Benjamin Cole, the Cultural Center was dedicated in honor of Baudilio Vega.
Currently, the Cultural Center of Mayagüez houses the public library, the cultural theater and the tourist office. Also there is the Municipal Bomba
School.
Cultural center
A cultural center or cultural centre is an organization, building or complex that promotes culture and arts. Cultural centers can be neighborhood community arts organizations, private facilities, government-sponsored, or activist-run...
located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"...
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Located in the heart of the city, aside the City Hall
Mayagüez City Hall
The Casa Consistorial De Mayaguez or as it is more commonly known Alcaldia de Mayagüez is the City Hall for the Municipality of Mayagüez. It is located in front of the Colón Main Square facing the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Cathedral.-History:...
and the Teatro Yagüez
Teatro Yagüez
The Teatro Yagüez in Puerto Rico is a historic building that today is a performing arts theater. It is located at Candelaria and Dr. Basora Streets, in the city of Mayagüez. It consists of the Lucy Boscana Hall and the Roberto Cole Cafe Theater.-History:It was originally erected by Francisco...
, extending between Candelaria Street (former McKinley)
Calle de la Candelaria (Mayagüez)
Calle de la Candelaria is the parallel street aside the Calle Méndez Vigo in the western Puerto Rico municipality of Mayagüez. It has a length of about 1.20 miles. The street is oriented west-east with traffic running one-way eastbound...
at front to the Ernesto Ramos Antonini Street (former Eleven of August) at back.
Architecture
The Cultural Center of Mayagüez is a two story building with a facade that is dominated by arches, built at a cost of one million dollars under the management of Baudilio Vega BerríosBaudilio Vega Berríos
Baudilio Vega Berríos was Mayor of the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.Vega Berríos was born in Barrio Pulguillas in Coamo. His mother was Basilisa Berríos Zayas and his father was Baudilio Vega who was from Pulguillas...
, for whom the building was named. It was built strictly with municipal funds. It has a luxurious theater with capacity for seven hundred people, a library, a historic museum and reading and conference rooms plus a modern cafeteria.
History
The Centro Cultural San Baudilio Vega Berríos is located in place that for many years occupied the town Fire station. The Cultural Center began as an organization founded in 1958 under the presidency of Amador Ramírez Silva as part of a project of the Puerto Rico Institute of Culture. With the cooperation and donations of different institutions and people from Mayaguez, the Center starts become a reality with a series of activities. Since then the Municipal Administration becomes an important column in the organization.With the city's bicentennial approaching in 1960, the Bicentennial Committee proposed the construction of a building that would house the different facets of Mayagüez cultural life. In 1968 the Cultural Center was finally inaugurated.
Don Baudilio Vega Berríos, Mayor of the city, said during its inauguration, that: "... in fact, at all classes social-working, artisans, dependents on commerce, businessmen, industrialists, it was notable the concern towards the joy in their cultural recreational field as so many jobs in their daily lives". So therefore the building was constructed for the Cultural Center of the city of Mayagüez, aiming to replace the old municipal theater with the huge advantage that respond to modern construction techniques.
On September 3, 1983 being mayor of the city Benjamin Cole, the Cultural Center was dedicated in honor of Baudilio Vega.
Currently, the Cultural Center of Mayagüez houses the public library, the cultural theater and the tourist office. Also there is the Municipal Bomba
Bomba
Bomba is one of the traditional musical styles of Puerto Rico. it is a largely African-derived music. The rhythm and beat are played by a set of floor drums, cuá and a maraca. Dance is an integral part of the music: the dancers move their bodies to every beat of the drum, making bomba a very...
School.