The President Itamar Franco Culture Center (Portuguese: Centro de Cultura Presidente Itamar Franco) is a cultural and institutional complex located in the Barro Preto neighborhood, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
The complex was designed by local architects Jô Vasconcellos and Rafael Yanni, with acoustic consultancy by José Augusto Nepomuceno for the concert hall.
[1] Its creation stems from the foundation, in 2008, of the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, which, until the inauguration of the Sala Minas Gerais, performed predominantly at the Palácio das Artes, a public theater that was shared with other events.
[6][7] In 2020, a gastronomic center dedicated to food from Minas Gerais, called Mineiraria, was opened in a listed building within the complex.
[8] In 2022, the Government of Minas Gerais, within the scope of its actions to privatize the Minas Gerais Development Company (Codemge), announced the intention to sell several assets belonging to the public company, among which is the Cultural Center.