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A Spanish-style bullfight in the Plaza de toros de La Malagueta in Málaga, Spain, 2018. Spanish-style bullfighting is a type of bullfighting that is practiced in several Spanish-speaking countries: Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, as well as in parts of southern France and Portugal.
The Spanish national parliament passed a law in 2013 stating that bullfighting is an 'indisputable' part of Spain's 'cultural heritage'; this law was used by the Spanish Constitutional Court in 2016 to overturn the Catalan ban of 2012. [59]
The last bullfight in Catalonia took place on 25 September 2011 at La Monumental. [14] In October 2016 the Catalonian ban on bullfighting was overturned by the Spanish Constitutional Court. The Court ruled that, though an autonomous region is allowed to regulate bullfighting, an autonomous region is not in a legal position to fully ban such fights.
The Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, known simply as Las Ventas [laz ˈβentas], is the largest bullfighting ring in Spain, located in the Guindalera quarter of the Salamanca district of Madrid. It was inaugurated on June 17, 1931.
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]
Bullfighting originated in the Iberian Peninsula and is still legal in a handful of countries, including Spain, France, Colombia's congress votes to ban bullfights, dealing a blow to the centuries ...
Principal façade, in Baroque style. The Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla is a 12,000-capacity bullring in Seville, Spain. During the annual Seville Fair in Seville, it is the site of one of the most well-known bullfighting festivals in the world.
In 2018, the United Nations encouraged Spain to ban minors from attending the schools or witnessing bullfighting shows, arguing that the experiences could have "damaging effects."
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