{"id":8251,"date":"2023-03-06T21:17:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T21:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismoelpedroso.com\/?page_id=8251"},"modified":"2023-03-06T22:44:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T22:44:04","slug":"culture-center-new-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/turismoelpedroso.com\/en\/culture-center-new-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"New Schools Culture Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to the Escuelas Nuevas Culture Center. Yours truly has the honor of accompanying you on this visit, my name is\u00a0Francisco Antonio de Elorza<\/strong>. I was one of the pioneers in the steel industry in 19th century Spain. I managed the factories in Marbella and this beautiful town where we are located, El Pedroso.<\/p>

This point where we are, the Cultural Center was once an important Muslim castle, given the height and strategic location of the enclave. This building was built to be a school in the 1930s and was inaugurated for the 1934\/1935 academic year. At that time, boys and girls were still separated in education, so the place consisted of two doors and two floors. The boys studied upstairs and the girls studied downstairs. Luckily, everything has changed and we enjoy greater equality.<\/p>

Although for you the place is old, at the time they naturally called it New Schools, and although it may seem strange to us, it is still the name by which we call this very special place, they called it that way because it was the first school in this town. Well, perhaps, it will always retain part of that initial freshness that is never lost. The architect of this work was D. Aurelio G\u00f3mez Mill\u00e1n, brother-in-law of An\u00edbal Gonz\u00e1lez, founder of the Plaza de Espa\u00f1a in Seville. It is not ruled out that the study of the building was his work, given the existing family relationship.<\/p>

But many years have passed... And the school has now become the cultural hub of El Pedroso, housing a beautiful museum where the history of mining is kept and transmitted in which this town had a privileged situation, humility aside. thanks to yours truly (laughs mischievously). And on the other hand, the museum has also been dedicated to the history of writing, in homage to the school it once was. And also of course an entire room has been dedicated to the founder of the enormous\u00a0Planeta publishing house<\/strong>, favorite son of El Pedroso, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Lara Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>

As you will see, culture, heritage and history go hand in hand in this unique temple of knowledge and cornerstone of our beloved town. But, enough of the words, please come in and find out for yourselves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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