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Opened in 2012, this  International Centre for Research, Development and the Dissemination of Reading run by the  Germán Sánchez Ruipérez Foundation is known as the Casa del Lector (Reading House). Located inside Matadero Madrid, this cultural space makes readers and reading the key feature.   

With a surface area of eight thousand square metres, the Casa del Lector occupies warehouses 13 and 14, the connecting space between them, warehouse 17b and three passages of warehouse 17c at Matadero.

Activities such as exhibitions, talks, book presentations, training courses, creative workshops, music cycles, cinema and dramatic art also take place here.

Children are very important for the Casa del Lector, which has created a space in which workshops are held to introduce them to reading.