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Museo Julio Romero de Torres

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A former hospital houses this popular museum devoted to much-loved local painter Julio Romero de Torres (1874–1930), who is famed for his paintings expressing his admiration of Andalucian female beauty. He was also much inspired by flamenco and bullfighting.


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