Círculo de Bellas Artes
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The Círculo de Bellas Artes is a private, non-profit, cultural organization that was founded in 1880. Its building, located in Madrid, Spain, was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1981.[1]
Círculo de Bellas Artes | |
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Native name Spanish: Círculo de Bellas Artes | |
Location | Madrid, Spain |
Coordinates | 40.418307°N 3.696575°W / 40.418307; -3.696575 |
Official name | Círculo de Bellas Artes |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 1981 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0004477 |
The CBA is a major multidisciplinary centre with one of the most active cultural programmes in Madrid. It has exhibition rooms, a cinema, a theatre, concert halls, lecture halls, artists’ workshops, a library, a cafeteria, a shop and many other facilities. Every day it puts on activities to do with the visual arts, music, film, the stage, literature, science, philosophy and poetry.
The building which houses the Círculo de Bellas Artes was designed by the architect Antonio Palacios and constructed in 1926.