Bullring

The Bullring, located at the exit of Casas Ibáñez, in the direction of Valencia, on the N-322, was inaugurated on 28 August 1957 and was built on the site of the first Bullring constructed in 1857 thanks to private initiative, which had a surface area of 4,442 m² and a capacity of 3,000 people.

The neglect and misuse to which it was subjected caused its closure at the end of the Spanish Civil War. However, the public demand for bullfighting remained, and during the late 1940s and early 1950s, bullfighting activity was held in a portable bullring.

In September 1947, its owners reached an agreement with the Town Council and the purchase was formalised. Adjacent land was also acquired, as the new bullring would have considerably larger dimensions than the previous one. It was designed with a capacity of 8,000 seats, a diameter of 70 metres and 39.5 metres in its ring. It has 43 boxes and 15 seating tiers: one barrier row, another counter-barrier row, ten seating sections (tendidos) and three covered tiers. It has 8 access passages (vomitorios), a bullfighters’ room, an infirmary, a chapel, a large patio of chiqueros, a toril table, sorting pens and corrals.

The works for the new bullring, which lasted a decade, represented a major effort for the municipal economy, and for its completion the involvement of the town’s residents was required, with financial contributions and voluntary labour and workdays. The first bullfighting events held in the new bullring took place on 28 and 29 August 1957, and the programme included Saldaña, Vergara, Redondo and the rejoneador Landete.