Casa Obeso Mejía is a space of cultural importance, where visitors can enjoy good coffee, literature and a pass through the Cali River.
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For several years, Casa Obeso Mejía was on loan from the La Tertulia Museum, but after fulfilling some legal obligations, it was handed over to the institution of the same name.
This space has reopened its doors to be a source of creativity and why not inspiration.
Casa Obeso Mejía is a must-see for those walking through Parque de los Gatos, and its name comes from a family known in Cali as Obeso Mejía, who decided to leave this house as a gift to the city.
The house has been around for over 80 years and is an infrastructure with very old finishes architecturally. From its tiles to its walls and furniture, it seems to indicate that time has stopped here.
Quite a legacy
The writings say that there was a couple, Antonio Obiso de Mendiola and his wife, Luz Mejía de Obiso, who had been living in Cali for years, and it was in 1987 when they decided to create a foundation to help children in the city.
At that time Cali was a growing city, but social and economic problems were also increasingly noticeable.
Through this legal personality, they were able to provide shelter to many children who do not have a home. Thus was born Casa Belen, this couple's most important charitable endeavor.
From this particular charitable project, one of the artists emerged who today has a gallery at home; Maria Fernanda Cuartas.
What's coming
During the Cali Book Fair, the first bookstore of the Mexican Economic Culture Fund, which has been in Colombia for 40 years, will be opened in other cities and will open its bookstore here in Cali for the first time.
In the same way, a café will be opened, “so it will be a great place for people to come, read and talk over coffee,” added Lina María Saavedra Pardo, director of Fundación Obeso Mejía, responsible for the cultural space.
