Teatro Monumental
| Teatro Monumental (Monumental Theater) | |
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 Street view of the Teatro Monumental |
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| place | Madrid |
| architect | Teodoro Anasagasti |
| Construction year | 1922 |
| Coordinates | 40 ° 24 '44.7 " N , 3 ° 41' 56.3" W |
The Teatro Monumental (Monumental Theater), formerly known as Monumental Cinema, is a concert hall located on Calle Atocha in Madrid. The building was designed by the architect Teodoro Anasagasti using reinforced concrete; it is one of the first works of rationalism in Madrid . In 1970 the room was converted for concerts of the symphony orchestra of radio and Spanish television.
history
In the first decades of the 20th century, the Sagarra company wanted to introduce cinemas. For this, Teodoro Anasagasti created the design and then carried out the construction of the three-storey theater with space for around 4200 people. It was inaugurated on October 20, 1923. The theater has two functions: cinema and theater. The interior was designed in Art Deco by Maumejan , the same company also decorated the Cine Ideal .
The lobby bar is adorned with a fountain designed by sculptor Pedro Nicoli. Right from the start, you could go straight to the cinema from the subway in Plaza Antón Martín. The Spanish Communist Party was founded in Monumental Cinema on June 2, 1935. The Monumental was born with the idea of fulfilling several functions: cinema and theater. It ended up as the concert hall of the Spanish radio and television orchestra.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ José Francés: The modern building . Cómo se acaban las grandes obras (Cine Monumental). No. 21 . La Construcción Moderna, November 15, 1923, p. 323–360 (Spanish, bne.es - original title: La Construcción Moderna .).
- ^ Nieves González Torreblanca: Madrid: social chronicle of the Madrid cinema . Ediciones La Librería, 2007, ISBN 978-84-96470-89-7 , pp. 76-78 (Spanish, google.com - original title: Madrid, patio de butacas: crónica social de los cinematógrafos madrileños . Madrid.).