The "City of Culture" is the result of a project of transformation which the government of the Principality of Asturias started in 2001 in order to revitalize the building of the former Tecnical College of Gijón.
The headquarter of the Radio and Televison Company of the Principality of Asturias in the ancinet convent of the Poor Clare Sisters, the LABoral centre for industrial Art and Creation, the integrated Centre for vocational training, the shop in the corinthian courtyard, the Tower, the Drama school, the Curch, the Café, the Theatre, the Auditorium and the University school of "Jovellanos" are some of the places you can find in the "City of Culture"