An emblematic building of Pamplona Rehabilitation work has begun Milagrosa Neighborhood. The contracted company is Daring Constructions, who has already placed a vast network of scaffolding that covers the entire facade.
It is a building that is located on the corner of Juan María Guelbenzu and Manuel de Falla streets, where the old Guelbenzu cinema was located. The entire façade will be rehabilitated since the building dates back to the 1950s and has neighbors living on the upper floors.
Manuel de Falla Street has recently been rehabilitated and the parked vehicles have disappeared, leaving an open pedestrian area, which has improved the image of the neighborhood.
In this area of the Milagrosa, or from the Mochuelo neighborhood as it is also popularly calledwe met several local commercial establishments like for example the Núñez winery, run by Bolivian Felicidad Vicente for several months.
This rehabilitation of the building’s facades which housed the Guelbenzu cinema It is independent of the one announced by the Pamplona City Council on June 2, which reported two major projects for the La Milagrosa neighborhood. First of all, the wording of the project to rehabilitate the old cinemas of Guelbenzu which will house the district’s civivox with an estimated budget of 100,000 euros.
In addition, Asirón also plans to finance the start-up of the local office of the Milagrosa district, An office, located at number 2 Manuel de Falla Street, is expected to open in the fall and will be directly managed by the municipal company Pamplona Centro Historico.
The Guelbenzu cinema in Pamplona opened its doors on October 11, 1963 and closed on March 3, 1981. It had 888 seats. and the spectators were distributed from the Milagrosa neighborhood to the neighboring and also disappeared Aitor cinema, located on Gayarre Street.
The official inauguration took place on Friday, October 11, 1963. in three sessions at 4:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. The film shown was “Hotel International” in cinemascope and in color with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as protagonists. “The most outstanding success of the season,” they declared on the billboard. Of course, for those over 18.
That day in 1963 There were no fewer than nine other cinemas open in Pamplona with their respective functions: Gayarre, Alcázar, Príncipe, Rex, Olite, Avenida, Novedades, Chantrea and Eslava.
The last film offered on March 3, 1981in the middle of the “unveiling” period, was “Very accommodating married woman” in three sessions at 5:15 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Curiously, after closing, the same film was offered the next day, March 4, in room 4 of the Olite cinemas.
In the mid-2000s It was reopened transformed into the Mira Theatre on the initiative of Pablo Zubikarai, Maribel Ruiz, Nadage Rostán, Javier Ardanaz and Francisco Iglesias who invested 140 million pesetas, until its closure in 2003.
In April 2022, it suffered an attempted occupation by a group of about twenty people. The Municipal Police in collaboration with the National Police prevented a group of people from entering the building.
