Madrid is very modern city, but when the second week of May arrives locals change their elegant suits for traditional “chulapo” outfit. It time of San Isidro Festivities that take…
Surprisingly, Atletico de Madrid is on the top of La Liga and in the last-8 round in Champions League. It is clearly one of the strongest teams in Spain and Europe, so we have to take into account this group led by Cholo Simeone and Diego Costa. This is the Atlético de Madrid schedule in April 2014, in which the team has to face FC Barcelona, Villarreal and Valencia. An intense month that will be absolutely decisive. Buy your tickets here.
– Tuestday 1st, Champions League, last-8: FC Barcelona-Atlético de Madrid, in Barcelona city.
BARCELONA 1 AT. MADRID 1
– Saturday 5th, Liga BBVA: Atlético de Madrid-Villarreal, in Vicente Calderón stadium.
ATLETICO DE MADRID 1 – VILLAREAL 0 (RAUL GARCIA MINUTE 14)
– Wednesday 9th, Champions League, last-8: Atlético de Madrid-FC Barcelona, in Vicente Calderón stadium.
ATLETICO DE MADRID 1 – BARCELONA 0 (Koke minute 6)
Atletico Madrid eliminates Barcelona in the Champions League
– Sunday 13th, Liga BBVA: Getafe-Atlético de Madrid, in Getafe city.
GETAFE 0 – AT.MADRID 1
– Saturday 19th, Liga BBVA: Atlético de Madrid-Elche, in Vicente Calderón stadium.
– Sunday 27th, Liga BBVA: Valencia-Atlético de Madrid, in Valencia city
VALENCIA 0 AT MADRID 1, (RAUL GACIA 43)
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Regarding the enormous success with the project in the Meatpacking District in New York, the city of Madrid decided in 1996 to turn their former slaughterhouse and livestock market into a Cultural Center. The Matadero Madrid is a space devoted to creativity. It’s a training center, a gallery, a convention center, and a theater; it’s simply a place for contemporary art and culture.
The original building dates from 1911 and was consider one of the most singular building of the 20th century in Madrid. The architectural transformation of the Matadero Madrid has been also awarded by the critic, regarding the great implementation of the space with its new function.
Nowadays, there are 13 buildings reconstructed of the original 68. Each building has a specific function. The most visited ones are Casa del Lector –The readers House- a place dedicated to promote reading and literature, the Cinematheque and Nave de la Música. This last building hosts the entire institution music program, including a radio station, concerts, a professional recording studio and classrooms. There is also a theater, called Naves del Español, a space for contemporary national drama shows.
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The city of Ávila is one of the locals’ favorite place to visit in a weekend. It is only one hour away from Madrid. The magnificent Romanesque walls, the impressible…
