Instituto Cervantes opens a cultural center in Intramuros
Instituto Cervantes unveils its second branch tomorrow in Manila. Instituto Cervantes Intramuros is located at Casa Azul, Plaza San Luis Complex, next to San Agustin Church.
The new cultural center, made possible through a partnership with Intramuros Administration, will provide Intramuros a quality cultural program on a regular basis, with the aim of fostering cultural dialogue and contributing to the reinforcement of the historical heart of Metro Manila as a first-class cultural hub.
Located at Casa Azul, a two-floor replica of a 19th-century Philippine house, Instituto Cervantes Intramuros will offer to the public an auditorium, an exhibition room, classrooms, and a library containing over 30,000 items. Named after the famous Spanish poet, the Miguel Hernández Library, with over 30,000 items, is ranked No. 1 in the Philippines in number of Spanish and Latin American materials.
Although focused on the cultural offer, Instituto Cervantes Intramuros will also attend the growing demand of Spanish language and will make accessible to Manila students the learning of the language. As the fastest growing language in the world, Spanish has become a source of professional improvement for Filipinos. Call centers, nurses, doctors, scholars, lawyers, among others, are in need of mastering Spanish, which is nonetheless very familiar to Filipino speakers.