PLAZA DE TOROS, History
- Audio File length: 2.42
- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
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Language: English / USA
Hi, I'm James, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.
Today I'll accompany you through the "Las Ventas" Bullring of Madrid.
The "Las Ventas" Bullring is one of the most famous monuments in the world!
The decidedly scenic arena which hosts bullfights appears before you in all its grandeur as soon as you exit the subway: "Las Ventas" is the most prestigious "plaza de toros", or bullring, of Spain. This impressive round Colosseum is sixty meters in diameter, can hold almost 24,000 spectators, and was inaugurated in 1931.
But the bullfighting tradition is much older: just think that in Madrid, shows with bulls already took place at the beginning of the 17th century, and were held in the just-built Plaza Mayor....