The Banco de la República Cultural Center in Valledupar is a traditional space for the citizens of Valledupar that hosts cultural encounters and provides access to information and knowledge. Over time, some transformations have taken place with the aim of making the services and spaces more dynamic.
The center offers access to a varied documentary collection as well as rooms for reading, leisure, recreation, consultation of physical documents, and the online Absysnet catalogue. The building also contains an audiovisual browsing room, a hall for researchers, a children's room, a games room, and a multipurpose room.
The cultural center provides a varied cultural program that includes seminars, talks, exhibitions, concerts, workshops, and conferences. The objective of the Cultural Center is to guarantee access to information and knowledge, as well as to offer a series of cultural services designed to serve the community, thus contributing to the social and cultural progress and wellbeing of the community.
Its cultural programming is organized along four lines: library, museum, music, and arts. These are explored through the collections, various cultural expressions, and national projects, such as the National Concert Season, Imagen Regional, Obra Viva, La paz se toma la palabra, and others. All the installed capacity is for the benefit of the community, with the aim of contributing to the development of society and the construction of cultural networks in the region.
History
The Banco de la República Cultural Center in Valledupar, located in the city center, is a space for encounters and permanent dialogue with various cultural expressions. Its facilities make it possible to enjoy a bibliographic collection that is robust and up to date in different areas of knowledge. It has general reading rooms, children's rooms, and a multipurpose room, where a project-based cultural program is offered. The objective of the Cultural Center is to guarantee access to information and knowledge through various cultural services, thus contributing to the development and social and cultural welfare of the community.
The Banco de la República Cultural Center in Valledupar, located in the city center, is a space for encounters and permanent dialogue with various cultural expressions. Its facilities make it possible to enjoy a bibliographic collection, large reading rooms, and a multipurpose room that offers a varied cultural program and services with the aim of contributing to the development of the community and the construction of cultural networks.
On December 21, 1967, the Banco de la República branch was created in Valledupar, in the same year that the department of César was created, by means of Law No. 25 on June 21, 1967, signed by President Carlos Lleras Restrepo. Three years later, on February 2, 1970, Banco de la República began operations on the property known as Apartamentos Rany at Cinco Esquinas.
The first team at the branch office included: Álvaro Cepeda Guerrero, founding manager sent by the Main Office; Leónidas Giraldo, secretary; Jairo Gallego, from Armenia, assigned as principal teller; Rafael Cardozo, tax inspector, transferred from the Honda branch; Luis Ramírez, teller and file manager, sent from the city of Quibdó; Francisco Beltrán, and an employee with the surname Bernal, transferred as security guards; and a commissioned employee from Pereira who worked in current accounts. Later on, Leonidas Vasquez, Pablo Peralta Walteros, and Benjamin Saldarriaga joined the branch as guards. The only woman who has worked at the branch to date is Carmen Barros Pimienta, as a teller.
In 1974, José Humberto Colmenares was appointed manager, a position that he held until 1978, when he handed over the management to Abelardo Hoyos Uparela. Works then began at what are now the current offices on Carrera 9 #16-13. The offices were inaugurated on June 25, 1982, with Rafael Gama Quijano as general manager. At the new facilities and until March 1987, Silvio Gonzalez was the first secretary and Miguel Martinez was assistant secretary, along with an extensive list of other employees.
In 1984, certain cultural activities began, such as concerts in different city churches. In October 1985, cultural activities officially began.
Between 1999 and 2002, the space with remodeled and the treasury closed. The refurbished space was inaugurated under the new name Consuelo Araujo Noguera Library on May 10, 2002.
From this moment on, a new process began in Valledupar. The closing of the treasury marked the beginning of adaptation, training, and education, and began to contribute to the Cultural Center as one of great importance for the region, meeting the expectations and needs of the community through services and programming.
The Banco de la República Cultural Center in Valledupar, located in the city center, is a space for encounters with culture. Its facilities provide a varied documentary collection, general and children's reading rooms, a room for researchers, an audiovisual room, and a multipurpose room, where a continual projects-based program is offered, including workshops, seminars, talks, exhibitions, and others. The aim of the cultural center is to provide a series of cultural services, thus contributing to the intellectual progress and social and cultural welfare of the community. Its cultural programming is defined along four lines; arts, library, museum, and music. These are developed in cross-cutting projects focused on the use of and access to collections regardless of format (paper, audiovisual, virtual).
