Auditorio Palacio de Congresos Príncipe Felipe de Oviedo, Modern conference auditorium in Oviedo, Spain
The Auditorio Palacio de Congresos Príncipe Felipe is an auditorium and congress centre in the Llamaquique district of Oviedo, opened on 29 April 1999. Architect Rafael Beca designed it on the site of the city's 1846 water reservoir, whose structures remain visible on the lower floors. Its main and multipurpose halls hold 2,388 people together, with a 400-seat chamber hall below and conference rooms above.
The building opened on 29 April 1999 on the site of Oviedo's old water deposit in the Llamaquique neighbourhood, which dated from 1846. Architect Rafael Beca designed it with a budget of about 18 million euros, and some structures of the 1846 deposit were kept and remain visible on the lower floors.
The auditorium is home to the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias and the baroque ensemble Forma Antiqva. Each year it also hosts the concert of the Premios Princesa de Asturias. Since opening in 1999 it has held congresses, lectures, exhibitions and concerts.
The auditorium stands in the Llamaquique neighbourhood, on the site of the old water reservoir, and is reached from Oviedo's centre by public transport. The main hall and the multipurpose hall can be used together or separately, and the chamber hall sits beneath the multipurpose hall.
The building stands on the site of Oviedo's old water reservoir, built in 1846, and some of its structures were kept and are visible on the lower floors. Water is also recalled on the facades, in the fountains around the perimeter and in the glazing.
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