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Casa da Cultura Mario Quintana

Porto Alegre, Brazil · built 1933

Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana (CCMQ) is a cultural center in Porto Alegre, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located in the former Hotel Majestic building, which had its heyday between the 1930 and the 1950 decades. Among its renowned guests were former presidents Getúlio Vargas and João Goulart and artists such as Vicente Celestino, Virgínia Lane and Francisco Alves. The center was named after poet Mário Quintana, who lived in the hotel between 1968 and 1980, in apartment 217.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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