La Laboral City of Culture is the result of a transformation project the Government of the Principality of Asturias undertook in 2001 in order to give new life to the building of the old Laboral University of Gijón/Xixón.
The project became a reality in March 2007: it was the birth of La Laboral City of Culture, an open and plural 21st Century cultural city, offering space for all kinds of shows and leisure proposals.
The headquarters of the Principality of Asturias Broadcasting Corporation in the old Convent of Clarissa nuns, LABoral Art and Industrial Creation Centre, the Integrated Professional Training Centre, the Corinthian Patio housing the Reception, the Tower, the College of Dramatic Art, the Proffesional Music Conservatory, the Church, the Café, the Theatre, the Auditorium and the Jovellanos University College, are some of the spaces with their headquarters in the City of Culture.
Laboral Ciudad de la Cuenta is subsidised by Next Generation EU funds, which finances the actions of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RRM).
Activity subsidised by the Government of the Principality of Asturias through the Regional Ministry of Culture, Language Policy and Tourism (Directorate General of Culture and Heritage).