Fundição Progresso
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| Address | Rio de Janeiro Brazil |
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| Coordinates | 22°54′44″S 43°10′50″W / 22.91222°S 43.18056°W |
Fundição Progresso (Portuguese: Progress Foundry) is a cultural center and music venue in the neighborhood of Lapa, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located in the building of a former stove factory, Fábrica de Fogões Progresso.
Fundição Progresso is known for hosting live acts, for housing cultural workshops and for carrying out projects such as the Concurso Nacional de Marchinhas Carncavalescas (National Carnival Marchinhas Contest).[1]
Fundição Progresso building, located in the Historic Center of the city of Rio de Janeiro, is a historical heritage site, located on the site of the former Fábrica de Fogões Progresso (Progress Stove Factory) foundry, founded at the end of the 19th century and closed in 1976.[2]
With the factory's closure, the building was left unoccupied and was going to be demolished, but, in 1982, a group of artists and producers occupied the building in order to prevent demolition and transform the place into a large cultural center. Then, the National Bank for Economic and Social Development funded the creation of the cultural center, which, since then, has been under different administrations.[3]