Teatro Fontalba [Madrid]
type: Item
label: Teatro Fontalba
description: Theatre building in Madrid, Spain
description: theater in Madrid, Spanje @nl
EUTA building identifier: 2544
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Spain
City: Madrid
Wikidata source: Q5840048
GPS: Point(-3.7025 40.4202)
architect: Teodoro de Anasagasti
architect: José López Sallaberry
opening date: 1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 7704
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1919-1924 by José López Sallaberry and Teodoro de Anasagasti. Opened 20 Oct 1924 as Teatro Fontalba with Jacinto Benavente's opera La verdad sospechosa. Ca. 1936 renamed Teatro Popular. Ca. 1940 renamed Teatro Fontalba. 1400 seats. Closed 1954. Interior demolished. Various rebuildings. Used as a bank, later as retail space.
closure date: 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z