Centro Cultural Roberto Fontanarrosa, Cultural center in Rosario, Argentina

The Centro Cultural Roberto Fontanarrosa is a cultural center in downtown Rosario with multiple floors, exhibition spaces, and a main auditorium. The building offers various halls for artistic presentations, exhibitions, and events of different kinds.

The building was erected for the 1978 World Cup as the Rosario Press Center, designed by the local firm Estudios Asociados. It was intended to become a cultural center after the event and opened as Centro Cultural Bernardino Rivadavia. In 2012, five years after the death of cartoonist Roberto Fontanarrosa, it was renamed in his honor.

The center carries the name of Roberto Fontanarrosa, the Rosario cartoonist and writer who died in 2007; the change from Bernardino Rivadavia was approved in 2012, five years after his death, after a Facebook campaign pushed the proposal to the Concejo Municipal. Its halls host plastic arts, music, theater, cinema and literature programming, and it also serves as a congress and convention venue for seminars, symposia and commercial exhibitions.

The center is located near San Martin plaza in the downtown area and is easy to reach on foot. Visitors should check opening times and any special events in advance, as these can vary.

The building briefly served as a press center in 1978 during a major international sporting event before taking on its current cultural role. This early function is often an overlooked part of this place's story.