Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral

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The Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM) (formerly known as the Diego Portales Building) is a cultural centre located at 227 Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, in Santiago de Chile. The complex was originally built to serve as the headquarters for the third UNCTAD conference,{{cite web|url=http://www.gam.cl/gam/memoria/historia-del-centro/ |title=Memoria | GAM | Centro Gabriela Mistral |accessdate=2012-05-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119040106/http://www.gam.cl/gam/memoria/historia-del-centro/ |archivedate=2012-01-19 }} which was held in Santiago in 1972, and consisted of a convention centre and an adjoining 22-story building. The building was finished in only 275 days in a significant effort supported by several thousand volunteers. This effort was part of a propaganda initiative performed by the socialist government of Salvador Allende. After the conference, the building was used as a cultural center until the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. After the end of the Pinochet regime, it hosted a number of conventions and the adjacent tower became the main building for the Ministry of National Defense. In early 2006, a fire destroyed parts of the building, which led the government of Michelle Bachelet to rethink the original sense of the building and return it to a cultural centre.

The Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral was inaugurated in September 2010 and is named after Gabriela Mistral. It offers contemporary drama, dance, and music. The GAM houses a range of visual arts.

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