Detalle Plaza de toros de la Maestranza (foto: www.plazadetorosdelamaestranza.com).
The bullfighting season is running once again from the traditional Easter Sunday ‘corrida’. There are celebrations scheduled until the end of September and with the April Fair as the outstanding stage of the season. The most renowned bullfighters take part in the bullfighting evenings of Sevilla, one of the most iconic cities in this range.
Indeed, Sevilla holds a special place in bullfighting and is in its very origin. It is considered that bullfighting represents the evolution of the works of urban slaughterhouses of the 16th century in Spain. Specifically, the Matadero de Sevilla hosted some of the most famous recreation of driving, confinement and slaughter of bulls and cows, while the nobility created hobby horse first, and in the village on foot, then. In the 17th century begun to resonate names of bullfighters.
From slaughterhouses to public places such as Plaza del Duque, Plaza de San Francisco or the original rectangular ‘plaza del monte Baratillo’, replaced by another oval where the Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza rises. This is one of the most beautiful places in the world and one of the oldest, a true temple of bullfighting.
Some of the most acclaimed bullfighters of history are also from Sevilla, from the earliest known figures like Costillares, Pepe-Hillo and Pedro Romero, the 19th century ‘matadores’ as Paquiro, Cúchares, Lagartijo and Frascuelo, and the golden age of 20th century, first with the rivalry between Joselito El Gallo and Juan Belmonte, with Ignacio Sanchez Mejias, then with Pepe Luis Vazquez, Paco Camino, Curro Romero, Espartaco or Morante de la Puebla.
It’s time of bullfighting in Seville.