Editing Carmen Amaya (section)

===Return to Spain===
When Carmen Amaya returned to [[Spain]] in 1947, she was already a world-famous figure. In the years spent in America she not only professionally established herself as an artist, but also became, inevitably, a legend. By then, her dance was the most daring [[flamenco]] ever performed in a theater. However, she did not stand out only for her art but also for her fascinating personality, which won over everyone she knew, both because of her dancing and her unpredictable behaviour. She also was extraordinarily generous.

She was a great success at the London Princess Theatre in 1948, and also on her next American tour. She toured Argentina again in 1950.

She returned to dance in Spain the following year, performing at the Tivoli theatro in Barcelona after several performances in Rome. She continued her work in Madrid, Paris, London, and different cities in Germany, Italy, and the rest of Europe. The Queen of England congratulated her when she performed there; Carmen Amaya and [[Elizabeth II]] appeared together in a newspaper photograph entitled: "Two queens face to face."

In 1951, she married guitarist Juan Antonio Agüero,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Madridejos |first1=Montse |url=https://www.sinfoniavirtual.com/revista/045/carmen_amaya.pdf |website=www.sinfoniavirtual.com |publisher=Sinfonía Virtual | title = Las edades "movedizas" de Carmen Amaya}}</ref> a member of her troupe, coming from a distinguished family from [[Santander, Spain|Santander]], who was not Romani. They lived an authentic love story and celebrated an intimate wedding. In 1959, Carmen experienced one of the most exciting moments of her life, when the inauguration ceremony of a fountain bearing her name was held. The fountain was placed on the Paseo Marítimo de Barcelona, which crosses the neighbourhood of [[Somorrostro]], the same places where she had walked by many years before as a child, barefoot and dragging her misery.

In subsequent years she continued her work in northern Europe, France, Spain, the United States, Mexico and South America.
She triumphed at the [[Westminster Theatre]] in London and at [[La Zarzuela]] theatre in Madrid in 1959. At that time, Barcelona paid tribute to Carmen Amaya by building the Carmen Fountain in the artist's old home district, [[Somorrostro]], to popular acclaim.

She recorded her last film, ''[[Los Tarantos]]'', by [[Francisco Rovira Beleta|Rovira-Beleta]] in 1963, and afterwards continued working. At the end her illness, a kind of renal impairment that impeded her properly eliminating the toxins that her body accumulated, prevented her from continuing in Gandía.

Her illness was exacerbated by the filming of her latest film, [[Los Tarantos]], directed by Rovira-Beleta (1963). Carmen overcame her health issues and at the end of filming started a summer tour. The last time she performed in Madrid, she was already terminally ill. Finally, her illness stopped her from performing. The doctors could not find a suitable treatment. She danced for the last time in Malaga. On 8 August 1963, whilst she was working in Gandía, Carmen interrupted her performance. She was dancing when suddenly she said to Batista: "Andrés, we finished."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pureflamencobarcelona.com/es/biografia.php|title=Biografia de la bailaora Carmen Amaya|website=pureflamencobarcelona.com}}</ref>