A bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with the Iberian Peninsula , but they can also be found through Iberian America and in a few Spanish and Portuguese ex-colonies in Africa. Bullrings are often historic and culturally significant centres that bear many structural similarities to the Roman amphitheatre .
69-592: (Redirected from Bull Ring ) Bull ring may refer to: Bullring , an arena in which bullfighting takes place Bull Ring, Birmingham , a city-centre area of Birmingham, England The Bull Ring , a henge in England Bull Ring, Wakefield , central point of the Wakefield town centre Bull Ring, Cirencester , the Roman amphitheatre of Corinium Dobunnorum "Bull ring",
138-511: A bull , usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations. There are several variations, including some forms which involve dancing around or leaping over a cow or bull or attempting to grasp an object tied to the animal's horns. The best-known form of bullfighting is Spanish-style bullfighting , practiced in Spain , Portugal , Southern France , Mexico , Ecuador , Venezuela , and Peru . In Colombia it has been outlawed but
207-463: A cuadrilla (entourage). In Spanish the more general torero or diestro (literally 'right-hander') is used for the lead fighter, and only when needed to distinguish a man is the full title matador de toros used; in English, "matador" is generally used for the bullfighter. The modern corrida is highly ritualized, with three distinct stages or tercios ("thirds"); the start of each being announced by
276-423: A vara (lance). To protect the horse from the bull's horns, the animal wears a protective, padded covering called peto . Prior to 1930, the horses did not wear any protection. Often the bull would disembowel the horse during this stage. Until the use of protection was instituted, the number of horses killed during a fiesta generally exceeded the number of bulls killed. At this point, the picador stabs just behind
345-431: A bugle sound. The participants enter the arena in a parade, called the paseíllo , to salute the presiding dignitary, accompanied by band music. Torero costumes are inspired by 17th-century Andalusian clothing, and matadores are easily distinguished by the gold of their traje de luces ("suit of lights"), as opposed to the lesser banderilleros, who are also known as toreros de plata ("bullfighters of silver"). The bull
414-519: A bull in Zaragoza, resulting in the loss of his left eye, use of his right ear, and facial paralysis. He returned to bullfighting five months later with an eyepatch, multiple titanium plates in his skull, and the nickname 'The Pirate'. Until the early twentieth century, the horses were unprotected and were commonly gored and killed, or left close to death (intestines destroyed, for example). The horses used were old and worn-out, with little value. Starting in
483-537: A bull is led on a rope along a street, while players taunt and dodge the bull, who is not killed during or after the fight, but returned to pasture and used in later events. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) ceased to broadcast bullfights in Portugal since 2021. Since the 19th century, Spanish-style corridas have been increasingly popular in Southern France where they enjoy legal protection in areas where there
552-501: A chapel where a matador can pray before the corrida , and where a priest can be found in case a sacrament is needed. The most relevant sacrament is now called " Anointing of the Sick "; it was formerly known as "Extreme Unction", or the "Last Rites". The media often reports the more horrific of bullfighting injuries, such as the September 2011 goring of matador Juan José Padilla 's head by
621-627: A closed arena where a single fighter on horseback was armed with a lance. This spectacle was said to be enjoyed by Charlemagne , Alfonso X the Wise and the Almohad caliphs , among others. The greatest Spanish performer of this art is said to have been the knight El Cid . According to a chronicle of the time, in 1128 "... when Alfonso VII of León and Castile married Berengaria of Barcelona daughter of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona at Saldaña among other celebrations, there were also bullfights." In
690-400: A dance of passes, or faena . The matador will often try to enhance the drama of the dance by bringing the bull's horns especially close to his body. The faena refers to the entire performance with the muleta. The faena is usually broken down into tandas , or "series", of passes. The faena ends with a final series of passes in which the matador, using the cape, tries to maneuver the bull into
759-528: A deeply ingrained, integral part of their national cultures ; in Spain, bullfighting is nicknamed la fiesta nacional ("the national fiesta"). The aesthetic of bullfighting is based on the interaction of the man and the bull. Rather than a competitive sport, the bullfight is more of a ritual of ancient origin, which is judged by aficionados based on artistic impression and command. American author Ernest Hemingway wrote of it in his 1932 non-fiction book Death in
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#1732845542653828-513: A name for training grounds for Allied troops in World War I near Étaples , France (see Étaples mutiny ) Nose ring (animal) , typically found on bulls Wanderers Stadium , in Johannesburg Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bull ring . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
897-454: A period of about 15–20 minutes, the raseteurs compete to snatch rosettes ( cocarde ) tied between the bulls' horns. They do not take the rosette with their bare hands but with a claw-shaped metal instrument called a raset or crochet ( hook ) in their hands, hence their name. Afterward, the bulls are herded back to their pen by gardians (Camarguais cowboys ) in a bandido , amidst a great deal of ceremony. The stars of these spectacles are
966-446: A position to stab it between the shoulder blades going over the horns and thus exposing his own body to the bull. The sword is called estoque, and the act of thrusting the sword is called an estocada . During the initial series, while the matador in part is performing for the crowd, he uses a fake sword ( estoque simulado ). This is made of wood or aluminum, making it lighter and much easier to handle. The estoque de verdad (real sword)
1035-571: A rectangular arena for the first three years, only later to be changed to a circular form that avoided the cornering of the action and put all viewers at the same approximate distance, the same reason for the elliptical form of amphitheatres. Another circular plaza was begun in Ronda in 1754, and it featured its first bullfights in 1782. In the late 19th century, the Neo-Mudéjar style became in vogue for plazas, involving decoration in visible brickwork. Since
1104-669: A short-lived ban on gladiatorial combat. The latter theory was supported by Robert Graves ( picadors are related to warriors who wielded the javelin , but their role in the contest is now a minor one limited to "preparing" the bull for the matador.) Spanish colonists took the practice of breeding cattle and bullfighting to the American colonies, the Pacific, and Asia. In the 19th century, areas of southern and southwestern France adopted bullfighting, developing their distinctive form. Religious festivities and royal weddings were celebrated by fights in
1173-568: Is among the oldest with a circular shape. The oldest plaza still in use, Las Virtudes in Santa Cruz de Mudela , Ciudad Real , dates from 1641 and has a square shape. The plaza from Béjar (1711) was originally rectangular and later made circular. Likewise, when the La Maestranza bullring in Seville was authorized for construction in 1730 specifically to house bullfights, the original plans called for
1242-690: Is an uninterrupted tradition of such bull fights, particularly during holidays such as Whitsun or Easter . Among France's most important venues for bullfighting are the ancient Roman arenas of Nîmes and Arles , although there are bull rings across the South from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic coasts. Bullfights of this kind follow the Spanish tradition and even Spanish words are used for all Bullfighting related terms. Minor cosmetic differences exist such as music. This
1311-402: Is being phased out with a full ban coming in effect in 2027. The Spanish Fighting Bull is bred for its aggression and physique, and is raised free-range with little human contact. The practice of bullfighting is controversial because of a range of concerns including animal welfare, funding, and religion. While some forms are considered a blood sport , in some countries, for example Spain, it
1380-418: Is dead. If the matador has performed particularly well, the crowd may petition the president by waving white handkerchiefs to award the matador an ear of the bull. If his performance was exceptional, the president will award two ears. In certain more rural rings, the practice includes an award of the bull's tail. Very rarely, if the public and the matador believe that the bull has fought extremely bravely – and
1449-514: Is defined as an art form or cultural event, and local regulations define it as a cultural event or heritage. Bullfighting is illegal in most countries, but remains legal in most areas of Spain and Portugal , as well as in some Hispanic American countries and some parts of southern France . Bullfighting traces its roots to prehistoric bull worship and sacrifice in Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean region. The first recorded bullfight may be
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#17328455426531518-411: Is made out of steel. At the end of the tercio de muerte , when the matador has finished his faena, he will change swords to take up the steel one. He performs the estocada with the intent of piercing the heart or aorta, or severing other major blood vessels to induce a quick death if all goes according to plan. Often this does not happen and repeated efforts must be made to bring the bull down, sometimes
1587-488: Is more elliptical than the usual plaza), and the origin of bullfighting is very closely related to certain Roman traditions; in the formative years of the sport on the Iberian Peninsula , those Roman enclosures were not commonly utilised for bullfighting events. Back when bullfighting festivals were conducted principally on horseback, the spectacle was a more public affair that took place in the city's open plaza areaIt
1656-542: Is not to be confused with the bloodless bullfights referred to below which are indigenous to France. A more indigenous genre of bullfighting is widely common in the Provence and Languedoc areas, and is known alternately as " course libre " or " course camarguaise ". This is a bloodless spectacle (for the bulls) in which the objective is to snatch a rosette from the head of a young bull. The participants, or raseteurs , begin training in their early teens against young bulls from
1725-400: Is released into the ring, where he is tested for ferocity by the matador and banderilleros with the magenta and gold capote ("cape"). This is the first stage, the tercio de varas ("the lancing third"). The matador confronts the bull with the capote, performing a series of passes and observing the behavior and quirks of the bull. Next, a picador enters the arena on horseback armed with
1794-402: Is still seen by most matadors as the ideal to be emulated. Originally, at least five distinct regional styles of bullfighting were practised in southwestern Europe: Andalusia , Aragon – Navarre , Alentejo , Camargue , Aquitaine . Over time, these have evolved more or less into standardized national forms mentioned below. The "classic" style of bullfighting, in which the rule is kill
1863-422: Is usually no doubt about the outcome, the bull is not viewed by bullfighting supporters as a sacrificial victim — it is instead seen by the audience as a worthy adversary, deserving of respect in its own right. Those who oppose bullfighting maintain that the practice is a sadistic tradition of torturing and killing a bull amidst pomp and pageantry. Supporters of bullfights, called " aficionados ", claim to respect
1932-591: The Epic of Gilgamesh , which describes a scene in which Gilgamesh and Enkidu fought and killed the Bull of Heaven ("The Bull seemed indestructible, for hours they fought, till Gilgamesh dancing in front of the Bull, lured it with his tunic and bright weapons, and Enkidu thrust his sword, deep into the Bull's neck, and killed it"). Bull-leaping was portrayed in Crete and myths related to bulls throughout Greece. The cosmic connotations of
2001-471: The Plaza de Armas , and later round, to discourage the cornering of the action. The modern style of Spanish bullfighting is credited to Juan Belmonte , generally considered the greatest matador of all time. Belmonte introduced a daring and revolutionary style, in which he stayed within a few centimeters of the bull throughout the fight. Although extremely dangerous (Belmonte was gored on many occasions), his style
2070-508: The Camargue region of Provence before graduating to regular contests held principally in Arles and Nîmes but also in other Provençal and Languedoc towns and villages. Before the course , an abrivado —a "running" of the bulls in the streets—takes place, in which young men compete to outrun the charging bulls. The course itself takes place in a small (often portable) arena erected in a town square. For
2139-552: The Valencian Community and Southern Catalonia ). Balls of flammable material are attached to a bull's horns. The balls are lit and the bull is set free in the streets at night; participants dodge the bull when it comes close. It can be considered a variant of an encierro ( correbous in Catalan). This activity is held in a number of Spanish towns during their local festivals . Most Portuguese bullfights are held in two phases:
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2208-541: The cave painting El toro de hachos , both found in Spain. Bullfighting is often linked to Rome , where many human-versus-animal events were held as competition and entertainment, the Venationes . These hunting games spread to Africa , Asia , and Europe during Roman times. There are also theories that it was introduced into Hispania by the Emperor Claudius , as a substitute for gladiators , when he instituted
2277-427: The morrillo , a mound of muscle on the fighting bull's neck, weakening the neck muscles and leading to the animal's first loss of blood. The manner in which the bull charges the horse provides important clues to the matador about the bull such as which horn the bull favors. As a result of the injury and also the fatigue of striving to injure the armoured heavy horse, the bull holds its head and horns slightly lower during
2346-491: The tercio de banderillas ("the third of banderillas"), each of the three banderilleros attempts to plant two banderillas , sharp barbed sticks, into the bull's shoulders. These anger and agitate the bull reinvigorating him from the aplomado (literally "leadened") state his attacks on the horse and injuries from the lance left him in. Sometimes a matador will place his own banderillas. If so, he usually embellishes this part of his performance and employs more varied maneuvers than
2415-505: The 1990s, new construction technology allows some rings to be covered permanently or temporarily. The primary purpose of the ring is bullfighting, but it is usually limited to some festival weeks in the year. In other times, it may be used as a concert venue as in the Rock en el ruedo tour of Miguel Ríos or the live record Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring , featuring a Joan Baez concert in
2484-482: The Afternoon : "Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor." Bullfighting is seen by some as a symbol of Spanish national culture . The bullfight is regarded as a demonstration of style, technique, and courage by its participants and as a demonstration of cruelty and cowardice by its critics. While there
2553-620: The Bilbao plaza. Before the diffusion of modern sports premises, bullrings were used in the Basque Country for traditional sports similar to challenges of resistance running . The public made bets on the number of laps the runner could make. No bulls were involved. After the battle of Badajoz (1936) of the Spanish Civil War , the Badajoz ring was used as a confinement camp for supporters of
2622-472: The French government tried to ban it but had to back down in the face of local opposition. The bulls themselves are generally fairly small, much less imposing than the adult bulls employed in the corrida . Nonetheless, the bulls remain dangerous due to their mobility and vertically formed horns. Participants and spectators share the risk; it is not unknown for angry bulls to smash their way through barriers and charge
2691-624: The ancient Iranian practice of Bull sacrifice are reflected in Zoroaster 's Gathas and the Avesta . The killing of the sacred bull ( tauroctony ) is the essential central iconic act of the Iranian Mithras , which was commemorated in the mithraeum wherever Roman soldiers were stationed. The oldest representation of what seems to be a man facing a bull is on the Celtiberian tombstone from Clunia and
2760-420: The arena or ruedo , a field of densely packed crushed rock ( albero ) that is the stage for the bullfight. Also on the ground level, the central arena is surrounded by a staging area where the bullfighters prepare and take refuge, called the callejón (alley). The callejón is separated from the arena by a wall or other structure, usually made of wood and roughly 140 cm high. The partition wall has doors for
2829-508: The breeder of the bull agrees to have it return to the ranch – the event's president may grant a pardon ( indulto ). If the indulto is granted, the bull's life is spared; it leaves the ring alive and is returned to its home ranch for treatment and then to become a semental , or seed-bull, for the rest of its life. Recortes , a style of bullfighting practiced in Navarre , La Rioja , north of Castile and Valencia , has been much less popular than
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2898-412: The bull into a charge to perform a pega de cara or pega de caras (face grab). The frontman secures the animal's head and is quickly aided by his fellows who surround and secure the animal until he is subdued. Forcados are dressed in a traditional costume of damask or velvet , with long knitted hats as worn by the campinos (bull headers) from Ribatejo . The bull is not killed in the ring and, at
2967-547: The bull is the style practiced in Spain and many Latin American countries. Bullfighting stadia are named " bullrings ". There are many historic bullrings; the oldest are the 1700s Spanish plazas of Sevilla and Ronda . The largest bullring is the Plaza México in Mexico City , which seats 41,000 people. Spanish-style bullfighting is called corrida de toros (literally " coursing of bulls") or la fiesta ("the festival"). In
3036-443: The bull. Nevertheless, on rare occasions the bull jumps the wall causing havoc in the corridor. The walls also have a type of stirrup or foothold that aids in crossing over to the central arena, and sometimes stirrups on the arena side as well; these are used mostly by event staff if they need to intervene quickly in the case of an emergency. The arena is surrounded by climbing rows of seats. The seats are priced differently according to
3105-539: The bulls, is an activity related to a bullfighting fiesta. Before the events that are held in the ring, people (usually young men) run in front of a small group of bulls that have been let loose, on a course of a sectioned-off subset of a town's streets. A toro embolado (in Spanish ), bou embolat (in Catalan ), roughly meaning "bull with balls", is a festive activity held at night and typical of many towns in Spain (mainly in
3174-418: The bulls. Another type of French 'bullfighting' is the " course landaise ", in which cows are used instead of bulls. This is a competition between teams named cuadrillas , which belong to certain breeding estates. A cuadrilla is made up of a teneur de corde , an entraîneur , a sauteur , and six écarteurs . The cows are brought to the arena in crates and then taken out in order. The teneur de corde controls
3243-594: The dangling rope attached to the cow's horns and the entraîneur positions the cow to face and attack the player. The écarteurs will try, at the last possible moment, to dodge around the cow and the sauteur will leap over it. Each team aims to complete a set of at least one hundred dodges and eight leaps. This is the main scheme of the "classic" form, the course landaise formelle . However, different rules may be applied in some competitions. For example, competitions for Coupe Jeannot Lafittau are arranged with cows without ropes. At one point, it resulted in so many fatalities that
3312-483: The end of the corrida , leading oxen are let into the arena, and two campinos on foot herd the bull among them back to its pen. The bull is usually killed out of sight of the audience by a professional butcher. Some bulls, after an exceptional performance, are healed, released to pasture and used for breeding. In the Portuguese Azores islands, there is a form of bullfighting called tourada à corda , in which
3381-402: The entrance and exit of the bull ( puerta de los toriles ) and human participants ( puerta de cuadrilla ), although the form, number, and placement of these doors will vary from one bullring to another. In regular places, the wall is pushed outwards leaving splits ( burladero , from burlar: to evade, to dodge) that allow the bullfighters to go in the arena and to take refuge but are too narrow for
3450-416: The first to introduce the practice of fighting bulls on foot around 1726, using the muleta in the last stage of the fight and an estoc to kill the bull. This type of fighting drew more attention from the crowds. Thus the modern corrida , or fight, began to take form, as riding noblemen were replaced by commoners on foot. This new style prompted the construction of dedicated bullrings, initially square, like
3519-407: The following stages of the fight. This ultimately enables the matador to perform the killing thrust later in the performance. The encounter with the picador often fundamentally changes the behavior of a bull; distracted and unengaging bulls will become more focused and stay on a single target instead of charging at everything that moves, conserving their diminished energy reserves. In the next stage,
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#17328455426533588-476: The heyday of such legendary figures as Costillares , Pedro Romero , and Pepe-Hillo . For centuries, early cosos (from Latin cursum , meaning course, track) were rectangular. The earliest examples are found in the Sierra de Huelva , which was the destination of transhumance routes from León , who brought some of their culture with them, including the feast of San Mamés , mostly associated with northern Spain. It
3657-511: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bull_ring&oldid=1213667771 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bullring The classic bullring is an enclosed, roughly circular amphitheatre with tiered rows of stands that surround an open central space. The open space forms
3726-453: The local plaza, where noblemen would ride competing for royal favor, and the populace enjoyed the excitement. In the Middle Ages across Europe, knights would joust in competitions on horseback. In Spain, they began to fight bulls. In medieval Spain bullfighting was considered a noble sport and reserved for the rich, who could afford to supply and train their horses. The bull was released into
3795-403: The matador changing to the 'descabello', which resembles a sword, but is actually a heavy dagger blade at the end of a steel rod which is thrust between the cervical vertebrae to sever the spinal column and induce instant death. Even if the descabello is not required and the bull falls quickly from the sword one of the banderilleros will perform this function with an actual dagger to ensure the bull
3864-548: The most prestigious one, La Maestranza in Seville (Spain), Campo Pequeno in Lisbon (Portugal) and Plaza de Toros México in Mexico City . Villages round the Camargue, such as Rodilhan in the Gard, who also practise 'mise à mort' - killing the bull. Bullfighting Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill
3933-406: The muleta. The muleta is thought to be red to mask the bull's blood, although the color is now a matter of tradition. The matador uses his muleta to attract the bull in a series of passes, which serve the dual purpose of wearing the animal down for the kill and creating sculptural forms between man and animal that can fascinate or thrill the audience, and which when linked together in a rhythm create
4002-584: The past three centuries 534 professional bullfighters have died in the ring or from injuries sustained there. Most recently, Iván Fandiño died of injuries he sustained after being gored by a bull on 17 June 2017 in Aire-sur-l'Adour, France. Some matadors, notably Juan Belmonte , have been seriously gored many times: according to Ernest Hemingway , Belmonte's legs were marred by many ugly scars. A special type of surgeon has developed, in Spain and elsewhere, to treat cornadas , or horn-wounds. The bullring has
4071-457: The position of the sun during the show, normally in the afternoon. The hot sol , "sun", is cheaper than the fresher sombra , "shade". 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, though it
4140-653: The republic and many thousands were executed there by the Nationalist forces who had just occupied the town. Most indoor bullrings, especially in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America, in addition to being used for concerts, have also been used for indoor sports such as basketball , ice hockey , boxing and lucha libre . The most famous bullrings in the world are Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas in Madrid (Spain), widely regarded as
4209-477: The spectacle of the cavaleiro , and the pega . In the cavaleiro , a horseman on a Portuguese Lusitano horse (specially trained for the fights) fights the bull from horseback. The purpose of this fight is to stab three or four bandeiras (small javelins ) into the back of the bull. In the second stage, called the pega ("holding"), the forcados , a group of eight men, challenge the bull directly without any protection or weapon of defense. The frontman provokes
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#17328455426534278-410: The standard al cuarteo method commonly used by banderilleros. In the final stage, the tercio de muerte ("a third of death"), the matador re-enters the ring alone with a smaller red cloth, or muleta , and a sword. It is a common misconception that the color red is supposed to anger the bull; the animals are functionally colorblind in this respect: the bull is incited to charge by the movement of
4347-501: The surrounding crowd of spectators. The course landaise is not seen as a dangerous sport by many, but écarteur Jean-Pierre Rachou died in 2003 when a bull's horn tore his femoral artery . Spanish-style bullfighting is usually fatal for the bull, and it is also dangerous for the matador. Matadors are usually gored every season, with picadors and banderilleros being gored less often. With the discovery of antibiotics and advances in surgical techniques, fatalities are now rare, although over
4416-453: The time of Emperor Charles V , Pedro Ponce de Leon was the most famous bullfighter in Spain and a renovator of the technique of killing the bull on a horse with blindfolded eyes. Juan de Quirós, the best Sevillian poet of that time, dedicated to him a poem in Latin, of which Benito Arias Montano transmits some verses. Francisco Romero , from Ronda, Spain , is generally regarded as having been
4485-427: The traditional corrida , three matadores each fight two bulls, each of which is between four and six years old and weighs no less than 460 kg (1,014 lb). Each matador has six assistants: two picadores (lancers mounted on horseback), three banderilleros – who along with the matadors are collectively known as toreros (bullfighters) – and a mozo de espadas (sword page). Collectively they comprise
4554-613: The traditional corridas . But recortes have undergone a revival in Spain and are sometimes broadcast on TV. This style was common in the early 19th century. Etchings by painter Francisco de Goya depict these events. Recortes differ from corridas in the following manners: Since horses are not used, and performers are not professionals, recortes are less costly to produce. Comical spectacles based on bullfighting, called espectáculos cómico-taurinos or charlotadas , are still popular in Spain and Mexico. Troupes include El empastre or El bombero torero . An encierro , or running of
4623-615: The twentieth-century horses were protected by thick blankets and wounds, though not unknown, were less common and less serious. However, the danger lurks not only from a bull, but also from other causes, such as too weak infrastructure. One of such cases happened in 2022 in Colombia, when several people were killed and more than 300 were injured after a stand collapsed during the bullfight. The incident happened in El Espinal, Tolima, in central Colombia. Many supporters of bullfighting regard it as
4692-441: Was only later, when bullfights were conducted principally by men on foot, that the public needed a structure to house them appropriately. Initially, temporary wooden fences were erected to prevent the bulls from escaping. When bullfights became much more popular in 18th century, not only did the crowd need special seating to view the spectacle, they also needed a structure to contain the general disorder that reigned at festivals during
4761-472: Was precisely in the hamlet of San Mamés, between Aroche and Rosal de la Frontera , where the oldest documented coso was built in 1599. Very little of the structure of this rectangular arena remains, which has been extensively documented by local historian Antonio Rodríguez Guillén "Chamizo". Another old coso was built in Almonaster la Real in 1608, and the nearby plaza from Campofrío , completed in 1718,
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