Europe's third largest city is Spain's financial and political core, home to the Royal Family, as well as the extraordinary cultural riches of the Golden Triangle - the Prado, Reina Sofía and Thyssen-Bornemisza art museums. The repression and torpor of the Franco era (1939-75) are now all but forgotten by Madrilenos who, perhaps more than any other Spaniards are determined to vivir a tope (live life to the full). The craving for conspicuous enjoyment, not to mention the 2,800 hours of annual sunshine, turn the streets into bustling centers of public display.

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