This is the venue where the city of Matanzas, Cuba, consolidated its very first cultural movements. It is a historic site where generations of locals dreamed and intimately embraced the mysteries of art; its stage served as both a gateway and a bridge, uniting the finest cultural expressions of the era. For nearly forty years, the old coliseum on Manzano Street stood as the beating heart of the soul and culture of the people of Matanzas.