Litoral Cinema

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · Category: Memory · Subcategory: Memory spaces · Year: 1962 · Authors: Antonio Cardona Aragón

This was another popular cinema in the La Isleta neighbourhood. Litoral Cinema was built on the corner of Bentagache and Blas de Lezo streets, very close to the coast of Confital Bay, hence its name.

The building project was drawn up at the end of 1959 by architect Antonio Cardona for owners Santiago Ceballo and Rafael Montenegro. It was a building with a clear appearance of what could be called "rationalist regionalism", oriented towards modernist principles. Inside, a long seating area was designed with a capacity for 690 seats.

Litoral Cinema was inaugurated on 28 December 1962 with the screening of the film Maciste, the Colossus by Italian director Antonio Leonviola, a 1961 fantasy adventure film.

After twenty years in operation, on 29 December 1982, this popular venue closed its doors. The building was first converted into a supermarket and was later demolished.

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