Centro Cultural Bella Época

The Centro Cultural Bella Epoca is a cultural 3,000 square meter cultural centre in the Condesa neighborhood in Mexico City. It includes the Rosario Castellanos bookshop (claimed to be the largest bookshop in Latin America) which carries over 35 thousand different titles, and has a children’s area, a coffee shop, and reading facilities. The Cine Lido art cinema and Galería Luis Cardoza y Aragón art gallery are also housed in the cultural center. The building occupied by the cultural centre began its life as the Cine Lido cinema in 1942. It was designed in Art Deco style by the American architect Charles Lee. At some point the cinema changed its name to Bella Época. In 1999 the city's government acquired the building but was unable to...