{"id":135148,"date":"2026-09-29T19:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooltivarte.com\/portal\/?p=135148"},"modified":"2026-10-07T19:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:51:43","slug":"casa-de-cultura-mario-quintana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooltivarte.com\/portal\/casa-de-cultura-mario-quintana\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-135149 size-large\" title=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana - Porto Alegre - Brasil por Daniel Benoit Cassou\" src=\"https:\/\/cooltivarte.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Casa-de-Cultura-Mario-Quintana-576x1024.webp\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana - Porto Alegre - Brasil por Daniel Benoit Cassou\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cooltivarte.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Casa-de-Cultura-Mario-Quintana-576x1024.webp 576w, https:\/\/cooltivarte.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Casa-de-Cultura-Mario-Quintana-169x300.webp 169w, https:\/\/cooltivarte.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Casa-de-Cultura-Mario-Quintana-768x1365.webp 768w, https:\/\/cooltivarte.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Casa-de-Cultura-Mario-Quintana-864x1536.webp 864w, https:\/\/cooltivarte.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Casa-de-Cultura-Mario-Quintana-1152x2048.webp 1152w, https:\/\/cooltivarte.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Casa-de-Cultura-Mario-Quintana.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><strong>Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Porto Alegre, Brasil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, un edificio que todav\u00eda respira poes\u00eda<\/p>\n<p>En pleno Centro Hist\u00f3rico de Porto Alegre, sobre la Rua dos Andradas, se encuentra uno de esos edificios que justifican por s\u00ed solos una visita: la Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana.<\/p>\n<p>El enorme complejo fue originalmente el Hotel Majestic, proyectado por el arquitecto Theodor Wiederspahn y levantado durante las primeras d\u00e9cadas del siglo XX. Su arquitectura resulta particularmente atractiva por sus dos cuerpos unidos mediante pasarelas suspendidas sobre la antigua traves\u00eda que los separa.<\/p>\n<p>Pero el edificio guarda adem\u00e1s una historia entra\u00f1able pues aqu\u00ed vivi\u00f3 durante a\u00f1os Mario Quintana, uno de los grandes poetas brasile\u00f1os, que hizo del antiguo hotel su casa entre 1968 y 1980. Hoy incluso puede visitarse el Quarto do Poeta, una reconstrucci\u00f3n de la habitaci\u00f3n 217, con algunos de sus objetos personales donde sus anteojos, su bast\u00f3n, su bata, fotograf\u00edas y recuerdos.<\/p>\n<p>El viejo Majestic fue recuperado y transformado en centro cultural, inaugur\u00e1ndose oficialmente como Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana en 1990. Sus aproximadamente 12.000 metros cuadrados albergan espacios destinados a las artes visuales, literatura, cine, m\u00fasica, teatro y danza.<\/p>\n<p>Recorrerlo es tambi\u00e9n descubrir otra Porto Alegre. Subir y bajar escaleras, atravesar sus pasarelas, asomarse a sus patios y encontrarse con salas, exposiciones y peque\u00f1os rincones donde el edificio conserva algo de aquella vida de hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Me gustan particularmente estos lugares donde la arquitectura no ha sido congelada como monumento sino recuperada para seguir produciendo cultura.<\/p>\n<p>Y quiz\u00e1s all\u00ed est\u00e9 su mayor acierto: donde antes hubo habitaciones y hu\u00e9spedes, hoy circulan artistas, obras, libros, m\u00fasica y visitantes.<\/p>\n<p>El antiguo Majestic cambi\u00f3 de funci\u00f3n, pero afortunadamente nunca perdi\u00f3 su alma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18528\" title=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" src=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0999-576x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0999-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0999-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0999-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0999-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0999-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0999-scaled.jpeg 1440w\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18528\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18527\" title=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" src=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1010-576x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1010-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1010-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1010-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1010-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1010-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1010-scaled.jpeg 1440w\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18527\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18535\" title=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" src=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1014-576x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1014-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1014-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1014-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1014-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1014-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1014-scaled.jpeg 1440w\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18535\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18537\" title=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" src=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1015-1-576x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1015-1-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1015-1-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1015-1-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1015-1-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1015-1-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1015-1-scaled.jpeg 1440w\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18537\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18538\" title=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" src=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1023-768x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1023-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1023-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1023-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1023-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1023-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18538\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18539\" title=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" src=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1017-768x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1017-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1017-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1017-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1017-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1017-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18539\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18540\" title=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" src=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1018-1-576x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1018-1-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1018-1-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1018-1-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1018-1-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1018-1-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1018-1-scaled.jpeg 1440w\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18540\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex 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wp-image-18541\" title=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" src=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1056-768x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1056-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1056-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1056-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1056-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1056-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18541\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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src=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1057-768x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1057-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1057-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1057-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1057-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1057-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18544\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18547\" title=\"Casa de Cultura 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size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18549\" title=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" src=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1041-1-576x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1041-1-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1041-1-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1041-1-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1041-1-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1041-1-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1041-1-scaled.jpeg 1440w\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18549\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18548\" title=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" src=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1032-768x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1032-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1032-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1032-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1032-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/danielbenoit.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1032-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" alt=\"Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18548\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana<\/p>\n<p>Porto Alegre, Brasil.<\/p>\n<p>Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, un edificio que todav\u00eda respira poes\u00eda<\/p>\n<p>En pleno Centro Hist\u00f3rico de Porto Alegre, sobre la Rua dos Andradas, se encuentra uno de esos edificios que justifican por s\u00ed solos una visita: la Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana.<\/p>\n<p>El enorme complejo fue originalmente el Hotel Majestic, proyectado por el arquitecto Theodor Wiederspahn y levantado durante las primeras d\u00e9cadas del siglo XX. Su arquitectura resulta particularmente atractiva por sus dos cuerpos unidos mediante pasarelas suspendidas sobre la antigua traves\u00eda que los separa.<\/p>\n<p>Pero el edificio guarda adem\u00e1s una historia entra\u00f1able pues aqu\u00ed vivi\u00f3 durante a\u00f1os Mario Quintana, uno de los grandes poetas brasile\u00f1os, que hizo del antiguo hotel su casa entre 1968 y 1980. Hoy incluso puede visitarse el Quarto do Poeta, una reconstrucci\u00f3n de la habitaci\u00f3n 217, con algunos de sus objetos personales donde sus anteojos, su bast\u00f3n, su bata, fotograf\u00edas y recuerdos.<\/p>\n<p>El viejo Majestic fue recuperado y transformado en centro cultural, inaugur\u00e1ndose oficialmente como Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana en 1990. Sus aproximadamente 12.000 metros cuadrados albergan espacios destinados a las artes visuales, literatura, cine, m\u00fasica, teatro y danza.<\/p>\n<p>Recorrerlo es tambi\u00e9n descubrir otra Porto Alegre. 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