Café Gijón 3.1

Café Gijón is a culturally significant Coffeehouse situated at No. 21, in the principal boulevard of central Madrid, Spain, which is known as Paseo de Recoletos. The café is opposite both a railway station of the same name and the National Library of Spain . The terrace in front is on the central walkway of the Paseo.HistoryIt was established on 15 May 1888 by Gumersindo Gómez . and despite modest beginnings, after the Spanish Civil War it became a meeting-place for intellectuals, writers and artists collectively known as Generation of '36.TertuliasThese were some of the more famous regular meetings or discussions: La tertulia de los poetas A Poets' Corner led by Gerardo Diego La juventud Creadora Creative Youth or Garcilasismo was one of the main currents of Spanish post-civil-war poetry La Tertulia de Escritores y Lectores which was led by the Ateneo de Madrid a private cultural institution promoting scientific, literary and artistic talent, and loosely associated with the Institución Libre de Enseñanz movement which created the nearby Residencia de Estudiantes.