Gabinete Literario
In Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Gabinete Literario is more than a social club: it has operated as a long-running engine for local culture and public life. The society was founded on 1 March 1844, during the reign of Isabel II, under its first name, Gabinete Literario de Fomento y de Recreo de Las Palmas. Four figures—Cristóbal del Castillo y Manrique de Lara, Domingo J. Navarro, Juan Evangelista Doreste, and Antonio López Botas—drew up the foundations, with Roberto Houghton chosen as the first president. From the outset, its ambitions went well beyond recreation. It helped drive cultural and scientific development and even backed initiatives such as the school of San Agustín and the creation of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Las Palmas. In 1910, Miguel de Unamuno appeared here connected with the Juegos Florales. …
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