Founded in 1911, the Tablao Flamenco 1911 is the oldest flamenco tablao in the world, hence its name. But its history, besides being long, is full of twists and turns and events of interest and always linked to flamenco and popular culture. This history led him to be known as the “Cathedral of Flamenco”.
The tablao is located in what is now the Plaza de Santa Ana, number 15, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, on the corner of Núñez de Arce and Álvarez Gato streets, called by the Castizos, “Callejón del Gato”.
It opened its doors as Gran Colmado in 1911, run by masters of bullfighting; the picadors Farfán and Céntimo, and the banderillero Alvaradito, and was in operation as an Andalusian frying house and tapas bar.
The new premises stand out for their profuse decoration. With a beautiful carved wooden counter and an artistic coffered ceiling supported by columns with lobed pointed arches of great showiness, reminiscent of the Alhambra de Granada, and polychrome tiled walls, all in Arabic Andalusian style.
The walls are covered with mosaics, painted on tiles with scenes of flamenco and bullfighting themes and were made by the best ceramists of Madrid at that time, Antonio Ruiz de Luna and Julián Santacruz. In fact, Antonio Ruiz was the author and creator of all the ceramics that indicate the names of all the streets in the center of Madrid.
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