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 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…
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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…
We review the posters of the ‘Real Maestranza’ in Seville for the bullfighting seasons of recent years The ‘Real Maestranza de Caballería’ of the Spanish capital is usually the first to publicize the main work of the season to begin,…
We enter the tailor shops, craft workshops where bullfighters wear their dreams. Following the closure of the mythical Emilio Tailoring a few days ago, we want to review the main bullfighting tailors. Emilio announced its closure after 37 years of…