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{{Infobox building
| name                = Tabakalera
| image               = Tabakalera_2015.jpg
| caption             = A view of the renovated building
| building_type       = International Centre for Contemporary Culture
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| cost                = 
| location            = [[San Sebastián]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]]
| address             = Andre Zigarrogileen Plaza, 1
| map_type            = Spain Donostia
| location_country    = [[Spain]]
| coordinates         = {{coord|43.3167|-1.9754|display=inline,title}}
| start_date          = 
| completion_date     = 
| renovation_date     = 
| floor_area          = {{convert|37000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}
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| website =  {{URL|www.tabakalera.eu}}
}}

[[File:Tabakalera view.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Tabakalera in 2007, before its renovation.]]
'''Tabakalera''' is a former tobacco factory in [[San Sebastián]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Autonomous Community]], [[Spain]], which was converted into a contemporary culture centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sansebastianturismo.com/en/to-do/what-not-to-miss/tabakalera|title=Tabakalera - San Sebastian Tourism|website=www.sansebastianturismo.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref> Located in the [[San Sebastián#Egia|Egia]] district of San Sebastián, next to the Estación del Norte railway station and the Cristina Enea Park, it takes up one of the biggest plots (13.277&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>) of the urban area.
[[File:Logo Tabakalera.jpg|thumb|Tabakalera logo]]
For 90 years (1913–2003) Tabakalera was a tobacco factory. It was one of the main employers in San Sebastián and most of the workers were women. The building took the name of the enterprise that managed the tobacco production in Spain until the privatisation process that converted Tabacalera into [[Altadis]].

In 2003 the factory was closed by [[Altadis]]. A year later, in 2004, the [[San Sebastián]] City Council, the Provincial Council of [[Gipuzkoa]] and the [[Basque Government]] bought the building in order to transform it into the International Centre for Contemporary Culture of San Sebastián.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tabakalera.eu/en/who-we-are/about-tabakalera|title=About Tabakalera {{!}} Tabakalera - Donostia / San Sebastián|website=www.tabakalera.eu|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref>

Since 2007 Tabakalera organised a wide sort of activities. Exhibitions like ''Summer'' by [[Julian Schnabel]]  (2007),  ''No es Neutral'' (2008), ''Egiatik'' (2008) and  ''Look Again'' (2009) or experimental shortfilm screenings like ''LABO'', in collaboration with [[Clermont-Ferrand]] Festival.

In 2010, refurbishment works began in the building. On September 11, 2015, the renovated building was inaugurated. The building contains exhibition halls, a multi-purpose plaza, a multi-purpose hall, a cinema theatre, a creation library called Ubik, media labs called Hirikilabs, spaces for art creation, a cafeteria called Taba, a residence for artists,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zine-eskola.eus/en/spaces/tabakalera|title=Tabakalera - Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola|website=www.zine-eskola.eus|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref> and a four-star hotel, called One Shot Tabakalera House. It also hosts the headquarters of local culture institutions Kutxa Kultur, the Basque Film Archive, the [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]], the Elías Querejeta Film School and the Etxepare Basque Institute.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Tabakalera from CE.jpg|Tabakalera from Cristina Enea Park.
File:Tabakalera from DM.jpg|Tabakalera from Duque de Mandas Street.
File:Tabakalera Plaza.jpg|Tabakalera plaza.
File:Tabakalera terrace.jpg|View of San Sebastián from the Terrace.
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tabakalera.eu/en Official website]
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[[Category:San Sebastián]]
[[Category:Arts centres in Spain]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the Basque Country (autonomous community)]]
[[Category:Cinemas in Spain]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in the Basque Country (autonomous community)]]
[[Category:Tobacco buildings]]

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