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La Plaza de Toros. The Plaza de Toros de Ronda [1] is a Bullring in Ronda, it has a diameter of 66 metres (217 ft), surrounded by a passage formed by two rings of stone. There are two layers of seating, each with five raised rows and 136 pillars that make up 68 arches.
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 ...
The bullring has five gates, plus three more called "toriles", from where the bulls enter the arena. The gate of the "cuadrillas", between "tendidos" 3 and 4, has access to the horse yard. Inside this door, the "paseíllo" starts and the "picadores" (those who pierce the bull with the lance) come out from here to the arena ("suerte de varas").
Interior of the ring. Plaza de Toros de Pamplona is a bullring in Pamplona, Spain. It is currently used for bullfighting, sporting or cultural events and music concerts. Built in 1922 by Francisco Urcola, [1] the stadium holds 19,720 people. It is the end point of the famous Running of the bulls during the festival of San Fermín.
The most common bull used is the Spanish Fighting Bull (Toro Bravo), a type of cattle native to the Iberian Peninsula. This style of bullfighting is seen to be both a sport and performance art. The red colour of the cape is a matter of tradition – bulls are color blind. They attack moving objects; the brightly-colored cape is used to mask ...
The building was partially removed in the 1980s but is still listed as being of special interest (Spanish: Bien de Interés Cultural) by the Spanish Government. The diameter of the bull ring at 59 metres (194 ft) which gives a floor area of over 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft). The diameter of the whole building is 89 metres (292 ft).
Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega (Spanish: [xoaˈkin roðˈɾiɣeθ oɾˈteɣa]; 17 February 1903 – 1 January 1984), [4] professionally known as Cagancho (Spanish: [kaˈɣantʃo]), was a Spanish bullfighter much of whose career was spent in Mexico, although he did sometimes perform in his native Spain, and one of his performances there, in Almagro, Ciudad Real in 1927 even gave rise to a now well ...
Aerial view of the Plaza Monumental de Tijuana facing south from the United States, 2013. The Plaza Monumental de Tijuana (also called the "Plaza Monumental de Playas de Tijuana" after the neighborhood in which it is located), and popularly known in English as the Bullring by the Sea, is a bullring in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.