Matadero Madrid

The old Madrid slaughterhouse, a set of neo-Mudejar style pavilions, built at the beginning of the 20th century on the banks of the Manzanares, is today a small city devoted to culture, where the visitor will find the following spaces:

• Naves del Español en Matadero: A highly flexible theatrical complex which contains three independently functioning interconnected areas (a café-theatre, a large performance area, and a space for training, discussion, reflection and workshops).

• Nave 0: the old cold storage unit is now the setting for a range of artistic events.

• Casa del Lector: a large cultural centre where readers and reading are the focus of attention.

• Central de Diseño: located in unit 17 C. Supported by the Madrid City Council and DIMAD (Madrid Designers' Association), its aim is the promotion and dissemination of design.

• Cineteca: the country's first and only cinema with a programme focusing on non-fiction.

• Plaza y Calle Matadero: an outdoor multipurpose space devoted to a huge range of leisure and cultural activities.

• Intermediae: an initiative of the Madrid City Council Arts Department, intended to provide a space for contemporary creative work and help develop contact between artists and the people of Madrid, with a view to finding and presenting alternative forms of expression, creation and thought.

• Extensión AVAM: is a space run by Associated Visual Artists of Madrid which offers artists the possibility to present their projects in an environment that is open to the creation of new networks, becoming a platform of visibility and exchange for creators.

• Centro de Residencias Artísticas: This space extends and reinforces the city’s public offer of residences and work spaces, providing Madrid’s creative sector with economic resources, tools and institutional guidance in an environment of creation and co-existence for local, national and international creators.  The centre is located in Nave 16, a large, versatile and multi-purpose exhibition space of more than 4,000 square metres, which can be used as an exhibition hall, for installations and performing art activities, as well as a set of smaller, independent spaces divided into up to three simultaneous halls.  

Matadero Madrid also has the following catering facilities: La Cantina, Café Naves and, in summer, Terraza Matadero.