TravelGuide-Alamar-2016-web

42 | the Alamar travel guide
Fig. 3.28: The Theatre of Alamar lies beautifully at the edge of the city towards the seafront.
Despite the low height of this white building it takes advantage of the slightly hilly site, when
revealing an amfitheatre behind its walls.
Fig. 3.29: The inside of the amfitheatre
very important institutions. Among these are the
Cuban Institute for Art and Cinema, the National
Council of Performing Arts, the Cuban Institute
for Music and the Cuban Institute for Literature.
Currently, this cultural complex houses several
functions where the biggest building contains
four cinema rooms of 40 seats and a theatre
of 70 seats (see fig. 3.26). The biggest room is
available for parties and weddings. Around an
open playground some smaller buildings are
located and the additional functions such as the
restaurant, the ice-cream shop, and the Cafe
Literario, the literature coffee shop, are easily
accessible (see fig. 3.27).
Fig. 3.30: The backside of the cinema,
showing its poor condition
Fig. 3.31: The front of the cinema, hidden
between trees and a central park
Closed and destroyed projects
Alamar used to be a wealthy city in terms of
cultural institutions and a strong art scene.
However some of these important landmarks
have been destroyed or taken out of function.
But for an architectural lover, these places can
still be seen, and even blessing you with more
spirit and memories from an old era gone by. The
Theatre of Alamar situated close by the seafront
(see fig. 3.28) has been closed down and locked.
Being a curious soul, climbing over the fence will
reveal the ruins of an old amfi theatre beautifully
placed in its surroundings (see fig. 3.29). The
vegetation has taken over the concrete benches
and artistic people have painted it with grafitti