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ARLES, capital cultural of the BULLFIGHTING world-wide while the eyes on Marseille and Provence, European capital of Culture", the amphitheatre of Arles is proud to highlight once more the oldest items of a unique heritage.City of horses, bulls and toros, Arles indeed says its historical Singularity well beyond programming and official periods, summoning every year tens of thousands of visitors on the occasion of its ferias built around this mythical binomial. And if Marseille and Provence will be a European cultural capital year, once this time, Arles will remain true to its identity by highlighting, as it has always done, a heritage deeply rooted in the hearts of those who live there.Once again, diversity and authenticity will be the watchwords of programming built around three challenges: both of which oppose Juan Bautista S��bastien Castella, and Javier Castano to Fernando Roble��o, and a horse this time, Andy Cartagena-Diego Ventura. A confrontation at the highest level, such as those of the 4 largest schools of equestrian art in the world that will occur during the summer on the sands of the arena.Beyond these three mano a mano, the 2013 programme enriches the human value of toreros admirable Fandi��o as Padilla, so of course that the presence of figuras that are pumice or El Juli. And for not departing from the rule, will be present also the Los historical Miura and Victorino Martin, Cebada Gago and Torrestrella, Garcigrande, Alcurrucen and Puerto de San Lorenzo, with aficionados richness of as many different encastes.In 2013 Arles place therefore the bullfighting in the light of this "cultural year" to recall, as it has done recently Constitutional Council in French, that bullfighting is a cultural exception that enriches the common heritage through exemplary values claimed to be. Luc and Marc JALABERT Programme: 29/03 at 11: 00 a.m.: Novillada without picador 6 toros TARDIEU brothers EL GALLO (E.T. de Val��ncia) ��NGEL S��nchez (E.T. de Colmenar) YOAN Mart��nez (E.T. of Arles) 29/03 to 17 h: 6 ALCURRUCEN Toros bullfighting / GARCIGRANDE / SAN LORENZO MANO a MANO JUAN BAUTISTA S��bastien CASTELLA 30/03 at 11: 00 a.m.: Novillada 6 toros de DOS HERMANAS C��SAR VALENCIA (VENEZUELA) BORJA JIMENEZ (Spain) LILIAN Curry (FRANCE) starting with picadors the 30/03 at 17:: Bullfight 6 toros TORRESTRELLA JUAN JOS�� PADILLA YVAN FANDINO DANIEL LUQUE 31/03 at 11: 00 a.m.: Course camarguaise trophy AS ELITE EXCELLENCE - French Gavot (Lou Panta��)-(Briaux) Championship DUBONNET (Ricard)-(Baumelles)-GARLAN - RATIS (Reynaud) ST-Reims (Fabre-Mailhan) RAZETEURS guests: Allouani - Auzolle - Fatima - Gleize - wholesale - Martin - Poujol - Rey - Villard 31/03 to 17 h: Bullfight 6 toros de CEBADA GAGO LUIS BOLIVAR DAVID MORA marco LEAL 01/04 at 11: 00 a.m. : corrida rejon 6 toros Murube MANO a MANO ANDY CARTAGENA DIEGO VENTURA 01/04 at 5: 00 pm: Bullfight 6 toros VICTORINO MARTIN MANO a MANO FERNANDO JAVIER CASTA��O ROBLENO