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3 unusual facts about Manolete


Dignity and Shame

It has been billed as a concept album based on the lives of bullfighter Manolete and Spanish actress Lupe Sino.

Lamborghini Islero

The Islero (pronounced "eez-LEHR-oh") was named after a Miura bull that killed famed matador Manuel Rodriguez "Manolete" on August 28, 1947 (Lamborghini also produced a car named the Miura, from 1966 to 1973).

Socrate Sidiropoulos

He painted portraits, for example the portrait of the matador Manolete, Nimeño II, Paquirri and others.


Eva Yerbabuena

Considered to be a prominent Flamenco dancer of our time, many prestigious awards have honored her work, including Premio Nacional de Danza in 2001 (National Dance Award in Spain.) Among dancers, Eva Yerbabuena has collaborated with Manolete, Merche Esmeralda, Javier Latorre, Joaquín Cortés, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Pina Bausch.

Pura Lopez

But in all their glory the shoes appeared in the movie Manolete with Adrien Brody.


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