{"id":5672,"date":"2014-12-19T12:43:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T11:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/?p=5672"},"modified":"2014-12-19T12:43:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T11:43:03","slug":"local-photographic-exhibition-features-images-of-benalmadena-taken-over-the-last-60-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/whats-on\/local-photographic-exhibition-features-images-of-benalmadena-taken-over-the-last-60-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Photographic Exhibition Features Images of Benalm\u00e1dena Taken Over the Last 60 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"sunsetbeachclub\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/whats-on\/local-photographic-exhibition-features-images-of-benalmadena-taken-over-the-last-60-years\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Exposici\u00f3n-Benalm\u00e1dena-de-Ayer-y-Hoy.jpg\" alt=\"Exposici\u00f3n Benalm\u00e1dena de Ayer y Hoy\" width=\"480\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Exposici\u00f3n-Benalm\u00e1dena-de-Ayer-y-Hoy.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Exposici\u00f3n-Benalm\u00e1dena-de-Ayer-y-Hoy-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>Since \u00a0the 30<sup>th<\/sup> October the Benalmadena Exhibition Centre (Located just in from of the Riviera Hotel) has been featuring a <strong>stunning collection of photographs<\/strong> which highlight Benalmadena\u2019s urban evolution over the past 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, named \u2018Benalmadena de Ayer y Hoy\u2019 (Benalmadena of Yesterday and Today), features over 100 photos from an important database of images collected and treasured over the last 60 years by local families and with contributions from the Local Library\u2019s archives.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the exhibition will be able to view old photos of the municipality\u2019s three main districts and will observe the changes which have taken place over the past half century by comparing them with present day photos.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fascinating to see how Benalmadena, which 50 years ago was just a small town perched on the hillside and practically unheard of, has gradually transformed and grown to become one the Costa del Sol\u2019s main tourist destinations.<\/p>\n<p>If you choose to visit the exhibition, you\u2019ll see photos of Arroyo de la Miel when it consisted of only a half dozen streets stemming from a generous spring and of Benalmadena Costa when there was only one hotel and few scattered houses located along the old N-340 coast road.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 3500 people visiting the exhibition since it opened to the public, its great success has persuaded the organisers to extend its dates to the 1<sup>st<\/sup> February 2015.<\/p>\n<h3>Opening times of the exhibition<\/h3>\n<p>Tuesday to Saturday: 10:00am to 1:30pm and 5:00pm to 7:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Sunday and Bank Holidays: 11:00am to 1:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Monday: Closed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Entrance is free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Since \u00a0the 30th October the Benalmadena Exhibition Centre (Located just in from of the Riviera Hotel) has been featuring a stunning collection of photographs which highlight Benalmadena\u2019s urban evolution over the past 60 years. The exhibition, named \u2018Benalmadena de Ayer y Hoy\u2019 (Benalmadena of Yesterday and Today), features over 100 photos from an important [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[530,528],"tags":[1681,1941,1100,1940],"class_list":["post-5672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-costa-del-sol","category-whats-on","tag-events","tag-exhibitions","tag-fun-things-to-do-in-benalmadena","tag-photo-exhibition"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5674,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5672\/revisions\/5674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}