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The 2024 schedule includes four European events and four Middle Eastern rounds. The season kicks off in early February with the Saudi Baja in the An-Nafud desert near Hail. It then moves to Europe, where Greece, Spain, Poland, and Portugal host rounds in May, July, August, and October.
Afternoons of Solitude (Spanish: Tardes de soledad) is a 2024 documentary film directed by Albert Serra dealing with the world of bullfighting. The film world premiered in September 2024 at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Shell.
Plaza de Toros de La Ribera is a bullring in Logroño, Spain. It is currently used for bullfighting, with a retractable roof, has also hosted basketball and 2010 Davis Cup tennis. The stadium holds 11,046 spectators. It was opened in 2001. [1]
Bullfights in Seville during the Feria de Abril are the most important event of the city's bullfighting calendar. The regular season goes from March or April (depending on the Semana Santa dates) until late September. [1] Every year the Real Maestranza commissions a painter to produce a poster announcing the bullfighting season in its Royal ...
The Plaza de Toros de La Merced is a bullring in the Andalusian city of Huelva, Spain.The current building, which was reinaugurated in 1984 after being rehabilitated by architect Luis Marquínez, is an updated version of an old bullring, built in the years 1899 to 1902 and designed by architect Trinidad Gallego y Díaz.
The feria de la Peregrina is one of the bullfighting cycles of the Spanish season that has the best box-office results, generating great expectation from its posters. [14] The bullfighting activity is concentrated in the Feria de La Peregrina, patron saint of the province of Pontevedra, which is held every year from the second Sunday of August.
Colombia’s congress voted Tuesday to ban bullfights in the South American nation, delivering a serious blow to a centuries-old tradition that has inspired famous songs and novels but has become ...
[44] 1,546 bullfights took place in Spain in 2022. [45] Compared to the 3,651 bullfights that took place in 2007, a 57.7% decrease over the past 15 years suggests the events’ decline in popularity. This can even be seen between 2007 and 2011 with a 37.3% decrease in the number of bullfights. [46]