Real Madrid vs. Barcelona PREVIEW
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MADRID (AP) — Madrid’s streets were baa-dly jammed Sunday, not by protesters or soccer fans but by a flock of sheep and goats being led through the Spanish capital in an annual festival that honors the area’s rural heritage.
Spanish police said on Friday they had recovered a 1919 Pablo Picasso painting that went missing earlier this month ahead of its planned display at a temporary exhibition in southern Spain.
Madrid, Spain was divided by two highways and a river until the ambitious Madrid Rio park unified it. Madrid, the geographic and cultural center of Spain, sits at an average elevation of 650 meters, making it the second-highest capital in Europe.
People in Madrid take part in the annual Transhumance Festival, where shepherds reenact the ancient tradition of transporting sheep from summer to winter pastures across the Spanish capital.
Real Madrid and a red-hot Kylian Mbappé host Barcelona on Sunday aiming to hit back at their rivals after losing all four clasicos last season.
Yet it is Madrid’s globally renowned culinary arts that best exalt senses of taste and smell. Spanish history is steeped in revolution, and the capital city’s explosive, cutting-edge food scene has planted a flag of its own for the world to see. Joining Tokyo, Paris, and London, Madrid has also conquered every aspect of fine dining.