Plaza de Toros de Valencia
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Bullfighting is deeply rooted in the Spanish culture, from its almost operatic ceremonious pomp to its rigorous traditions. Every element of bullfighting speaks of the inherent and natural acceptance of life and death in a way unique to many non-Spaniards. Whether you are a fan or not, visiting the Plaza de Toros and the adjacent Bullfighting Museum offers a greater understanding of what historically comprises the Spanish soul.
So let’s now head back through Old Town Valencia past Plaza de Ayuntamiento, then past the old city wall and on to the Plaza de Toros de Valencia adjacent to Estació del Nord or Metro North Station. This is the bullring that has been the venue for Valencia’s bullfighting for the last 150 or so years.
Designed by Sebastián Monleón to resemble Rome’s Coliseum with ancient Greek Doric ornamentation, it stands roughly 60 feet tall and 171 feet wide but is more spacious thanks to the four levels of colonnades and balustrades. When the bullfight season (March, in celebration of Las Fallas, through the huge July fair) is done for the year the Plaza de Toros also serves as the city’s venue for concerts, fairs, etc.
The large statue in front of the bullring is of Dr. Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin; as with many of the primary bullrings in Spain, he is thusly honored and credited with saving the lives of innumerable wounded matadors and their teams.
The Bullfighting Museum, Museo Taurino, adjacent to the bullring is one of oldest and most important in Spain. It contains an impressive permanent exhibition of over 2,500 mementos, architectural models, paintings and photographs, films, taxidermist work, and traditional tools of the bullfighting trade. There are also temporary exhibitions to compliment the permanent one. The temporary exhibitions range from on-loan work from the illustrators for the magazine, La Lidia, to the photographs of F. Cano, Boldún or Cervera, as well as Francisco de Goya’s vision of the world of bullfighting in his series titled Tauromachy.
Access to the ring, bullpens and corrals, stands, past the infirmary and even onto the sand of the ring itself, is via the Museum.
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays through Sundays (closed Mondays) Valencia Bull Ring: 10am through 14.30 (2:30pm); Museum’s Permanent Collection: 10am through 18.00 (6pm); Bullfight video screenings run nonstop. Admission is free.
Before we leave the area lets wander briefly into Estació del Nord or the north train station. Built in 1917, it is a kaleidoscope of typically Valencian mosaics and ceramics that gives an unexpected glimpse into local culture.
So let’s now head back through Old Town Valencia past Plaza de Ayuntamiento, then past the old city wall and on to the Plaza de Toros de Valencia adjacent to Estació del Nord or Metro North Station. This is the bullring that has been the venue for Valencia’s bullfighting for the last 150 or so years.
Designed by Sebastián Monleón to resemble Rome’s Coliseum with ancient Greek Doric ornamentation, it stands roughly 60 feet tall and 171 feet wide but is more spacious thanks to the four levels of colonnades and balustrades. When the bullfight season (March, in celebration of Las Fallas, through the huge July fair) is done for the year the Plaza de Toros also serves as the city’s venue for concerts, fairs, etc.
The large statue in front of the bullring is of Dr. Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin; as with many of the primary bullrings in Spain, he is thusly honored and credited with saving the lives of innumerable wounded matadors and their teams.
The Bullfighting Museum, Museo Taurino, adjacent to the bullring is one of oldest and most important in Spain. It contains an impressive permanent exhibition of over 2,500 mementos, architectural models, paintings and photographs, films, taxidermist work, and traditional tools of the bullfighting trade. There are also temporary exhibitions to compliment the permanent one. The temporary exhibitions range from on-loan work from the illustrators for the magazine, La Lidia, to the photographs of F. Cano, Boldún or Cervera, as well as Francisco de Goya’s vision of the world of bullfighting in his series titled Tauromachy.
Access to the ring, bullpens and corrals, stands, past the infirmary and even onto the sand of the ring itself, is via the Museum.
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays through Sundays (closed Mondays) Valencia Bull Ring: 10am through 14.30 (2:30pm); Museum’s Permanent Collection: 10am through 18.00 (6pm); Bullfight video screenings run nonstop. Admission is free.
Before we leave the area lets wander briefly into Estació del Nord or the north train station. Built in 1917, it is a kaleidoscope of typically Valencian mosaics and ceramics that gives an unexpected glimpse into local culture.
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