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The mission of the Ateneo de Ponce is to preserve and promote the culture of the sciences, literature and the arts. [4] To achieve its mission, on 15 September 1956, the Atheneum was formed and memorialized via an inaugural ball. There were 111 co-founding partners led by Ramón Zapata, who was the president of the Atheneum during several terms.
The Atheaneaum was founded on Sunday, April 30, 1876 at San Juan City Hall. [12] One of its founders was the playwright, Alejandro Tapia y Rivera. [3] The Athenaeum was the first to give accolades and awards to artists and writers such as José Gautier Benítez, José de Diego, Manuel María Sama, Francisco Oller, Manuel Fernández Juncos, Lola Rodríguez de Tió and Luis Lloréns Torres.
The museum contains the first book made in Guatemala, which is "Explicato apologética" by Fray Payo Enríquez de Rivera, printed in 1663 by José de Pineda Ibarra. Also the museum contains a copy of a book that was printed in 1753 called "Arte de la lengua metropolitana del reino cakchiquel o guatemálico" by Ildefonso Joseph Flores, the ...
There is some controversy about which of the versions is the first printed book in Spanish Philippines, with some scholars believing the first to be the Chinese-language version titled Doctrina Christiana en letra y lengua China, compuesta por los padres ministros de los Sangleyes, de la Orden de Sancto Domingo.
The Caracas Athenaeum (known in Spanish as the Ateneo de Caracas) is a cultural institution centred on the arts.It is currently located in Macaracuay, at the Southeast corner of Caracas, after having been expelled by the Bolivarian government from its premises located in the area of Los Caobos, Caracas, Venezuela.
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. On ...
In March 1911, Salvadoran president Manuel Enrique Araujo initiated his presidential term, who gave his approval for the creation of an athenaeum. [1] The Athenaeum of El Salvador was founded on September 22, 1912 by José Dolores Corpeño, Manuel Álvarez Magaña, Jorge F. Zepeda, Armando Rodríguez Portillo, Salvador Turcios R., Salvador L. Erazo, Manuel Andino, José Burgos Cuéllar, J ...
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 .