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El Ateneo Grand Splendid is a bookshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2008, The Guardian placed it as the second most beautiful bookshop in the world. [ 1 ] In 2019, it was named the "world's most beautiful bookstore" by the National Geographic .
The Ateneo has 19 sections that are active in multiple cultural and scientific arenas. Prominent Spaniards — including Laureano Figuerola , Segismundo Moret , Gumersindo de Azcárate , Antonio Alcalá Galiano, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Miguel de Unamuno , Fernando de los Ríos and Manuel Azaña — have served as presidents of the Ateneo.
The Ateneo de Sevilla, originally called Excursions Ateneo and Society, is a cultural association in Seville, Spain which was founded in 1887 by Dr. Manuel Gaudencio Sales y Ferrèr. It became prominent in the early 20th century and was known for its meetings of the Generation of '27 .
The members held public meetings, discussions, and lectures, and published a journal. The fundamental ideology of the Ateneo was a rejection of positivistic influences on education and culture. Instead, the members of the Ateneo thought, the humanities would be responsible for the revitalization of Mexican culture, the group's ultimate concern.
Luis Arroyo Martínez (born 1969, Madrid) is a Spanish sociologist and political scientist, advisor to several governments of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and consultant to the World Bank.
Ateneo de Ponce, a nonprofit, civic, organization in Ponce, Puerto Rico; Ateneo Puertorriqueño, one of Puerto Rico's chief cultural institutions; Ateneo de Sevilla, a cultural, scientific, literary, and artistic association in Seville, Spain; Ateneo Veneto, an institution for science, literature, and arts in Venice, Italy
Flavia Company (born 27 September 1963) is a writer and novelist. She develops her work either in Spanish and Catalan. She has a degree in Hispanic Philology, is a journalist, translator, teacher of creative writing and lecturer.
In February 1978, the Ateneo opened the Ateneo-Univac Computer Technology Center, one of the country's pioneering computer centers, which later became the Ateneo Computer Technology Center. [citation needed] On August 21, 1983, Ateneo alumnus Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., was assassinated upon his return from exile in the United States. Ateneans ...