Ronda inaugurates new cultural center

The City Council of Ronda has already launched the new Centro Cultural Padre Jesús, a facility located in the former Nuestro Padre Jesús school on María Cabrera street, which closed due to a lack of students, as reported by the Junta de Andalucía.

The mayor of Ronda, Mari Paz Fernández, together with the municipal delegates for Public Works and Sociocultural Workshops, Concha Muñoz and Alicia López, respectively; visited the facilities this Thursday, which now house the headquarters of the sociocultural workshops following the completion of various works to adapt the facilities.

The adaptation of the building represented an investment of about 150,000 euros by the City Council, as explained by the mayor of Ronda. The building is the administrative headquarters of the municipal workshops and also the venue for those that were held at the Casa de la Juventud. It is worth noting that this building will become the administrative headquarters of the Sierra de las Nieves National Park after its management was returned to the Junta de Andalucía, the owner of the building. Additionally, some of the workshops from the Casa de la Juventud have been moved to the San Rafael Civic Center at the request of its users. Similarly, the Physical Maintenance workshop from the Juan Carlos I Civic Center, in the Padre Jesús neighborhood, has been relocated to the new Cultural Center.

Fernández highlighted the commitment to this cultural space, also intended to host other types of initiatives; and the revival of the building, located in the heart of the city and an integral part of Ronda society.

The Sociocultural Workshops currently have around 1,700 students, with a broad range of offerings that has been expanding in each edition to meet the interests of the citizens.

The new building is located right in the city center, making the distance for various users practically the same or very similar from different neighborhoods.