Florida 135
41°31′09.4″N 0°20′54.5″E / 41.519278°N 0.348472°E
La Catedral del Techno | |
Location | Sotet Road 2, Fraga, Spain |
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Opened | December 5, 1942 |
Website | |
f135.com |
The Florida 135 club is an electronic music nightclub in Fraga, Aragon, Spain. It is considered the oldest active nightclub in the country.[1][2] It is also a family business, since its foundation in 1942 by Juan Arnau Ibarz,[3] it has remained in the Arnau family until today, the same one that created and conducts the Monegros Desert Festival in neighboring Candasnos and elrow in Viladecans.[4] The Florida 135 is nicknamed "the Cathedral of Techno".[5]
History
Throughout its history, the club has received various names and also different functions. At first it was opened as a movie theater. It was founded in 1942 by Juan Arnau and Francisca Ibarz, a married couple who fled from nearby Aitona because their families disapproved of their marriage due to ideological differences (the Arnau were Republicans, while the Ibarz were Nationalists). Apparently, they named their establishment Florida Cinema because a friend of the couple had a California Bar which was very profitable, and encouraged them to use the name of an American state.[6]
In 1952, Juan and Francisca's son, Juan Arnau, married the Durán-Satorres' daughter, Pilar Durán (see: History of elrow), the owners of a rival movie theater in Fraga, the Victoria Cinema. Thanks to this, both businesses were merged, turning the Arnau family into the main organizers of Fraga's leisure. Initially, it was Pilar's uncle, Santiago Satorres, who acted as the "neutral" manager of both businesses.[7] Juan Arnau later devised a dance hall attached to the cinema called Garden Terrace Florida, and later Saloon Florida.[7]
In 1973, this Saloon would reopen as the Florida Discotheque Fraga,
Year after year, the Florida 135 club was forging itself as one of the most iconic electronic clubs in Spain. At Florida 135, the new trends in electronic music were heard:
In 2008, the Arnau family had to close the Florida Cinema due to the Spanish movie theater crisis.
Between May 15 and June 1, 2013, the Barcelona
Location
Florida 135 is located on Camino Sotet, no. 2, in front of the
See also
- Berghain
- Amnesia Ibiza
- Monegros Desert Festival
References
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- ^ Domingo, Francisco; Arijón, Tracy (2019-12-12). "Celebramos el 77 aniversario de la discoteca más antigua de España". RedBull. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ Carrillo, S. (2003). "Florida 135: 60 años de baile y diversión". RockDelux. Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ Berenguer, R. "Entrevista a Cruz y Juan Arnau hijos". ohM Mag. Archived from the original on 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ a b c "Florida 135: 74 años de historia viva de la Catedral". Techno Experience Magazine (in Spanish). 2016-10-14. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Elrow: de la tasca en Fraga a una de las fiestas más populares del mundo". El Español (in Spanish). 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ a b c "La historia de la familia Satorres, Duran y Arnau". History (1870 - 2020) – elrow (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ García-Soler, Jordi (1999-10-08). "Un creador de atmósferas" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- Universitat de Barcelona: 70 – via TesisEnRed.
- ^ a b "Elrow: de la tasca en Fraga a una de las fiestas más populares del mundo". El Español (in Spanish). 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ a b Villanueva, M. J. (2019-11-30). "La familia Arnau cede por 50 años el antiguo cine Florida de Fraga para reabrirlo como teatro y auditorio". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ Colás, Tania (2020-12-23). "¿Es el fin de las discotecas?". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ EITB (2017), La discoteca Anaconda cierra sus puertas tras 44 años (video) (in Spanish), 2:38 min, YouTube, retrieved 2021-06-18
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- ^ Negre, Javier (2018-07-16). "Cierra la sala Gabana en Madrid, la mítica discoteca de vips y famosos". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Florida 135, una obra de arte". Órbita Magazine (in Spanish). 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "ARYZ & VICIO redecoran la Florida135". bombcelona. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "ARYZ & VICIO AT FLORIDA 135". MTN-World. Retrieved 2021-06-18.