Oscar Niemeyer was only 82 years when he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize. But the Brazilian architect refused to go to Spain to receive it, the fear of flying was stronger. In 2005, the Prince of Asturias Foundation has called on all awarded a special collaboration. Have in mind a simple thing like a conference. But Niemeyer said to them what to do best, an architectural project, its first in Spain, the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Center .
Aviles, the third largest city of Asturias, in the vast riverside area where, in time, ran the National Steel Company was born is now a huge "sculpture" of concrete, a global cultural center which, among other fantastic numbers, includes a gallery four and twenty thousand square meters of height, the highest European level to contemporary art exhibitions.
The city, which until now was mainly known for having provided the backdrop to the film Vicky Cristina Barcelona , Woody Allen, now hopes to blunt the effect that the likeness of Oscar Niemeyer "Guggenheim effect" that put Bilbao on the map.
Source: Around the World
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