Belém Cultural Centre or CCB is a venue for cultural events in Lisbon supervised by a private organization. The objective of this cultural center is to produce and host the cultural events that send social and moral messages to the people of the nation. Events at Belém Cultural Center range from theater to dance, opera to cinema and classical music to jazz. This cultural center boasts a marvelous conference center, available for any kind of corporate events or professional meetings. The location of Belém Cultural Center is between the Jerónimos Monastery and Belém Tower. It is an ideal venue in the heart of Lisbon embracing all kind of business, commercial, scientific, cultural and social events.
This unparalleled space smoothly blends the commercial activities with the creativity of culture in Lisbon. The venue boasts modern and wide set of auditoriums, well equipped conference rooms, halls and lobbies - all well furnished and provided with the highest standard of amenities matching the international parameters. Belém Cultural Center is a place where quality, variety, flexibility combines with creativity to make a difference.
Structure of Belém Cultural Centre
- The Conference Center of this enormous venue offers a wide array of services. The high technological equipments cater to all the audiovisual areas like image displaying, video recording and editing, instant translation, audio recording, diverse sound systems, lighting and others. Some additional services also include satellite reception, meeting voting units, video conferencing, film documentation and exhibition. The Conference Center is capable of organizing summits, conferences, seminars, congresses, technical exhibitions, workshops, celebrations, courses and all kind of social activities. This conference center belongs to the International Congress & Convention Association.
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- The Reading Room of this cultural center is open from 10 AM TO 6 PM (Monday to Saturday). It remains closed on Sunday and public holidays. The library is well maintained and well stocked with a hundreds of books and journals. This room is sited at the first floor of the Conference Centre and is recently formed. The collection of books mainly cover the areas of literature, visual arts and others. The room can accommodate up to 32 readers, excluding the newspapers reading section.
- There are many restaurants and bars within the cultural center, catering to the refreshment needs of the visitors. Quadrante, Sandwich, Restaurante A Commenda and Terraço are charming restaurants, overlooking the Tagus River.
- Belém Cultural Center is also a great place for shoppers. CCB Design Shop sell goods of national and international origin, costume jewelery, sign watches and other products. Bertrand bookshop is a historical place for shopping with its existence over 270 years in various locations of Lisbon. Some more popular shops of this place are Docearte, Vista Alegre Atlantis, Coisas do Arco do Vinho and Arte Periférica.
- This cultural center also features São Rocha Hairdressing Saloon, Margarida Pimentel Gallery, Nameloja Laboratory and Cultura do Tabaco store.
The best way to reach Belém Cultural Centre is by availing the tram route of 15. The center opens daily and its ticket office hours are from 1PM to 7:30PM. This center have staged more than 130 performances on 7 different stages at the annual Music Festival in April. The car parking valet is open from 8am-12am.
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