Ateneo Cultural Casino Orcelitano

Monuments

The Orcelitano Casino was founded in 1864. Two years after its foundation, the Círculo Orcelitano, a social institution created in 1848, became part of its structure. The building of the Casino, from the 19th century, began its construction on March 2, 1887, and it would not be until October 29, 1891 when the definitive move was completed, from the old Casino building located in the Calle de los Hostels, to the new building. The casino, as a cultural and recreational entity, celebrated the high society festivals and, among them, highlighted one that involved both Floral Games and the presentation or presentation in society of young women from an economically and socially wealthy family: the Orange Blossom Festival, during Easter, at the proposal of Manuel Martínez Ros, President of the Casino, in 1964.