Albacete celebrates the Fair in honor of its patroness

Albacete celebrates the Fair in honor of its patroness

Our Lady of ‘Los Llanos’ is the patroness of Albacete and the celebrations in her honor are celebrated from September 7 to 17 The Albacete Fair is one of the best known and oldest in our country, since it dates…

¡Seville has a bullfighting palace!

¡Seville has a bullfighting palace!

We can already appreciate the fervor of the Holy Week in the streets of Seville. During these dates in Seville, feelings of joy and pain appear, saetas and silences together with the noise of the drums and where the costaleros…

The history of the Vistalegre Bullring

The history of the Vistalegre Bullring

The Madrid neighbourhood of Carabanchel, where the Vistalegre bullring is located, can boast of having been one of the most bullfighting areas in the country. In the old street of the Magdalena in Carabanchel Bajo there used to be a…

Art as expression

Art as expression

Every day the number of people who enjoy and get excited during a bullfight is increasing. I am sure that at some point, like the rest of us mortals, you have felt the sensation of being at ease in a…

The great dream of José Gómez ‘Joselito’

The great dream of José Gómez ‘Joselito’

The King of Bullfighters devised the monumental bullrings and shaped his dream in Seville   As we told you in the previous post (100 years of Joselito’s death), the youngest of the Gallo was a visionary of bullfighting in and…

100 years of Joselito’s death

100 years of Joselito’s death

The King of the Bullfighters lost his life on May 16, 1920 in La Caprichosa, the Bullring of Talavera de la Reina   No one could imagine that José Gómez Ortega, Joselito or Gallito, would make the last walk of…

Bullfighting surgeons, Guardian Angels

Bullfighting surgeons, Guardian Angels

The acknowledgments of the work of bullfighting surgeons will never be enough Every time blood is spilled in the arena, we place our faith in the doctors at the head of the infirmary of the bullring and, fortunately, most of…

The dream of being a bullfighter

The dream of being a bullfighter

The long, hard road of being a bullfighter Can you imagine the expression of a mother who suddenly hears “Mum, I want to be a bullfighter”? It must make her blood run cold. A son who wants to dedicate himself…

The bullfighting season 2020 begins

The bullfighting season 2020 begins

We bring you the first fairs of the season that have presented their bullfighting posters The bullfighting season starts at the Fair of Valdemorillo 2020 Just three weeks to celebrate the festivities of San Blas and La Candelaria and the…