Art and culture
Olivenza Bullring
5,600 spectators can enjoy bullfighting festivals in this beautiful bullring.
Location and Contact:
- Contact person: Ayuntamiento de Olivenza
- Tel.:924 49 29 34
- Tel.:924 49 29 36
- Fax: 924 49 02 09
- Email: informacion@ayuntamientodeolivenza.com
- Website address: www.ayuntamientodeolivenza.com
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5,600 spectators can enjoy bullfighting festivals in this beautiful bullring.
This bullring is over one-and-a-half centuries old, as it was inaugurated in 1868. It was Queen Isabel II herself who signed the Royal Order for its construction in 1857. Restructuring work has been carried out on it subsequently, including the sanded arena, the new bullpens or the marble stand numbers. Its present capacity is 5,600.
The Olivenza bullring is famous as the traditional venue for the start of the bullfighting season in Spain, in the month of March.
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- Origin:
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- 19th century
- Construction:
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- Bullring
- Period in history:
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- 19th century
- 21st century
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