Teatro de la Comedia

The Teatro de la Comedia is a theater in , inaugurated on Calle del Príncipe in 1875 and rebuilt in 1915 after a devastating fire. In 1986 it was designated the headquarters of the National Classical Theater Company and in 1999 it was acquired by said company, along with five other floors of the same building, by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: theater in Madrid, Spain
  • Address: Calle del Príncipe 14, Madrid, 28012

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and Plaza de Santa Ana.

Government office
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The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, located on the Calle de Alcalá in the centre of , currently functions as a museum and gallery. is situated 250 metres north of Teatro de la Comedia.

Square
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is a plaza located in central , , nearby and Calle de Huertas, in the Barrio de las Letras. It features monuments to Spanish Golden Age writer Pedro Calderón de la Barca and to the poet and playwright Federico… is situated 100 metres south of Teatro de la Comedia.

Theater building
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, formerly Teatro del Príncipe and Corral del Príncipe, is a public theatre administered by the Government of , Spain. The original location was an open-air theatre in medieval times, where short performances and some theatrical pieces, which became part of famous classical literature in later years, were staged.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sol-Letras-Lavapiés and Cortes.

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Sol, Letras and Lavapiés are neighbourhoods in central , the capital of .

Quarter
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is an administrative ward of belonging to the district of .

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is a district of , . It is approximately 5.23 km2 in size. It has a population of 149,718 people and a population density of 28,587 people/km2.

Teatro de la Comedia

Latitude
40.41561° or 40° 24′ 56″ north
Longitude
-3.70047° or 3° 42′ 2″ west
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico
Named after
Teatro de la Comedia
Open location code
8CGRC78X+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 929294331
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Wiki­data ID
Q10378974
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Teatro de la Comedia” goes by many names.

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