Culture Palace of Abidjan (''Palais de la Culture d'Abidjan'') is a temple of culture in

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

(''Côte d’Ivoire''). The building is situated between the

Houphouët-Boigny Bridge Houphouët-Boigny Bridge is a road and rail bridge over the Ébrié Lagoon which links the two halves of the city Abidjan in Ivory Coast. The structure is a girder bridge, hollow box A box (plural: boxes) is a container used for the stora ...

and the

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Bridge. Culture Palace of Abidjan, with a capacity of 9,400 people, was bestowed to the Ivorian government as a gift from

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. It was inaugurated on 1 October 1999 during the official handover of the keys. It was constructed on a 12000 square meter site. Conducted by

Sidiki Bakaba Sidiki Bakaba (born in Abengourou, 1949) is an actor, scenario writer and director from Côte d'Ivoire. He lives and works in Abidjan. After studying at the National School of Drama of Abidjan, he conducted training at the Living Theatre and wi ...

since the year of 2000. Sidiki Bakaba, was honored for lifetime achievement on 10 July 2009, in the Pan-African Cultural Festival in

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. Since 12 November 2002, the first

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airplane of Ivory Coast, which has a 16-person capacity, is transformed into a library for children books and annex events.

Events

* First edition of the competition "Chant'Ivoir 2011" from 1 May–21 June 2011"Chant'Ivoir 2011 – National Choral Singing Competition".
/ref> * ''Bonjour 2011'', the sketch comedy show, 02/01/ 201

* 13th Edition of the Festival of the African Cinema

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, 10 July 2010 * Highlight Edition 2010, the Ceremony of distinction the Best Artists of the Burida, 10 April 2010 * Concert "My shout of heart for

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", 7 March 201

* Conference on Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans, 22 December 2009

References

External links

* Official website of Culture Palace of Abidja

* An article about the plane-library on rezo-ivoire.ne

Ivorian culture Museums in Ivory Coast Buildings and structures in Abidjan Cultural centers 1999 establishments in Ivory Coast {{Culture-org-stub