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  2. Feria d'Arles - Wikipedia

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    The Easter feria in April opens the French bullfighting season and attracts more than 500,000 people, including 50,000 who assist with the bullfights in the Arles Amphitheatre. [1] Numerous abrivados and bull games are organized in the city and people gather in the streets with bodegas , moving orchestras (called peñas ) and concerts.

  3. Arles Amphitheatre - Wikipedia

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    Nowadays, it draws smaller crowds for bullfighting during the Feria d'Arles, [1] as well as plays and concerts in summer. In 1981, Arles Amphitheatre was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, together with other Roman and medieval buildings of the city, as part of the Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments group. [2]

  4. Les Arènes - Wikipedia

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    Les Arènes is a painting by Vincent van Gogh executed in Arles, in November or December 1888, during the period of time when Paul Gauguin was living with him in The Yellow House. The bullfight season in Arles that year started on Easter Sunday 1 April and ended on 21 October. [1]

  5. Feria (festival) - Wikipedia

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    In 2003, there were 598 major bullfighting events (formal bullfights) and minor bullfighting events (novilladas, becerradas) in Spain, and 1,146 popular bullfighting events, including bull runs and toro de fuego. [5] In 2004, there were 810 formal bullfights, 555 spiked novilladas, 380 rejoneos, and 187 mixed shows or spiked festivals. [6]

  6. Category:Bullrings in France - Wikipedia

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  7. Bullfighting - Wikipedia

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    In 2007 there were 3,651 bullfighting and bull-related events in Spain but by 2018, the number of bullfights had decreased to 1,521, a historic low. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] A September 2019 Spanish government report showed that only 8% of the population had attended a bull-related event in 2018; of this percentage, 5.9% attended a bullfight while the ...

  8. Luc Jalabert - Wikipedia

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    Jalabert resided in La Chassagne, a mas in Arles. [2] He had two sons and a daughter. [2] Jalabert died on March 27, 2018, in Arles, at the age of 66. [1] [2] Shortly after his death, many bullfighters and rejoneadors praised his contributions to bullfighting. [5] His funeral was held at the Church of St. Trophime in Arles on 30 March 2018. [2]

  9. Bullring - Wikipedia

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    Bullrings evolved as specialized sporting arenas hand-in-hand with the sport that demanded them. Many of the ancient Roman amphitheatres had characteristics that can be seen in the bullrings of today (in fact the ring in Nîmes, France, is a Roman artifact, [1] though it is more elliptical than the usual plaza), and the origin of bullfighting is very closely related to certain Roman traditions ...