Las ventas Bullfighting Ring 
was built to replace the bullfighting ring located off the Aragon highway. The newer arena was built to be larger, given that the seating capacity of the previous one was insuf cient because of the demographic growth that Madrid experienced during the rst-half of the twentieth century.

The new bullfighting ring was inaugurated on October 12, 1934. It remained open without interruption until 1936, the year in which the Spanish Civil war began. The construction was directed by the architect Jose Espeliu, who died without seeing his work completed. The ring is partially designed,

using a Mozarabic style. The walls are inlaid with ceramic depictions of the shields of all the Spanish provinces, as well as their purely ornamental motifs. The arena is 60 meters in diameter. The bullring has a seating capacity
of 23,000 spectators. At present, 80% of the seats belong to season ticket holders. The bull ghting ring also has a Horse Arena, a Towing Arena
an in rmary (which can be reached directly from the bullring), a chapel and a bull ghting museum, that are open to the public. Currently, the owner of the bull ghting ring is the regional community government of Madrid, but various private companies manage it.

All the seats are numbered and at the same time grouped in the following three main areas: Shade
Sun and Shade Sun .Each of these areas is divided into several sections or Tendidos. The Shade is divided into ve Tendidos: 9,10,1,2 and Preferente .The Sun and Shade is divided into Two Tendidos: 8 and 3 and the Sun is divided into four Tendidos: 7,6,5 and 4.

Each Tendido is divided into seating categories:
vip category: the three rst rows are: barrera (barrier), contrabarrera (front row) and delantera baja (second row) 1 Category: row 1 to 14 2 Category: rows 15 to 27 3 Category: gradas
4 Category: andanadas

tail of bull: delicious traditional dish of the Spanish gastronomy
Ingredients: bull's tail in pieces, flour, olive oil, garlic, onion, carrot, tomato sauce, water, salt
cola de toro: delicioso plato tradiconal de la gastronomia española
Ingredientes: cola de toro en trozos, harina, Aceite de oliva, ajo, cebolla, zanahoria, salsa de tomate, agua, sal 

The main objective of the Stage of “Banderillas” is to revive the bull without reducing its strength in order to prepare it for the next stage: The Stage of Muleta (Suerte de Muleta).

Three bull ghters’ assistants or sometimes the bull ghter him or herself jab the bull’s back with three pairs of “Banderillas”. The bull feels a sharp pain when the “Banderillas” have pierced its back.

The Suerte de muleta is fundamental to determine the triumph or failure of the bull ghter. It is in this phase that the bull ghter, facing the bull alone, must demonstrate his close and personal idea of

what it means to be a bull ghter. At the sound of the bugles and the drums, the bull ghter receives the red cape and the sword from the swordsman’s assistant.

If it is the bull ghter’s rst bull, he addresses the presidency to request the appropriate permission and after paying homage, or perhaps not, to the death of the animal, he goes to the bull.

The bull will be taken by the matador’s support team to
the place selected by the
bull ghter. From there, if the
animal responds, he takes the
bull into the middle of the ring,
where a sense of solitude is even more pronounced.

“La Faena” is a collection of a series of connected steps the bull ghter makes, remaining still while the
bull circles him. The bull ghter ́s intent, through the power of his cape and not because of the bull ́s natural erceness, is to make the animal charge. The most
valued elements in this stage are the excitement of the bull ghter ́s execution of steps, together with the courage the bull displays to oppose dif culties. This ends with the “Suerte suprema”, and is followed with the killing

of the bull.

Bullfighting Step By step
Bullfighting with the CAPE “Suerte de Capa o Capote”
As bullring’s staff show a banner with the name and weight of the rst bull on it, one of the “Alguacilillos” gives the key to the bullpens to the “Chulo de Toriles” (the person in charge of opening the door from which the bull comes out into the ring). Once the “Areneros” have cleaned the ring and everything is in order, the president taking out the white kerchief, orders the rst bull to be released.
After a short sound of the bugles, the door of the bullpen is opened and the bull goes out into the arena.
The members of the matador’s team and the matador face the bull with the cape. In the first two stages of the bull ght, the cape is used to “situar en suerte”, in other words, to take the bull to an ideal spot to be jabbed by the Picador and to be stabbed in the neck with the “Banderillas”. But the bull ghter also uses the cape artistically. There is a wide range of ways of using the cape
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Once the ring has been cleaned the opening procession starts.

Preceded by the “Alguacilillos”, the bullfighters

and their teams go around the arena to the royal box

to greet the President.

The three bullfighters do so in order of seniority.

Seen from the front, the most veteran is to the right,

the most novice is in the middle and to the left is the

one with intermediate experience.

The “Banderilleros” (the ones who jab the bull

with the “banderillas”) are situated also from

right to left, according to their seniority and they

march behind the swordsman.

Following them, two by two, the Picadores and

finally, the Mozos de Caballos (the horseman’s

assistants), the “Areneros” (the men in charge

of the sand in the bullring), are followed by the

mules and the “Mulilleros” (the men in charge

of bringing the dead bulls out of the arena).

Ayer, la empresa que gestiona la Plaza de Toros de Medellín hizo públicos los carteles de la edición 28 de la Feria de La Macarena:

– Sábado, 26 de enero: Corrida mixta.  El rejoneador Andrés Rozo, y los novilleros Gitanillo de América y otro por designar (Toros y novillos deRincón Santo)

– Viernes, 1 de febrero: David Martínez, Joaquín Galdós y Jesús Enrique Colombo (El Manzanal).

– Sábado, 2 de febrero:  El Cid, David Mora y Juan de Castilla (Miguel Gutiérrez).

– Viernes, 8 de febrero: Curro Díaz, Emilio de Justo y Luis Miguel Castrillón (Santa Bárbara).

– Sábado, 9 de febrero: Enrique Ponce, Luis Bolívar y Roca Rey (Juan Bernardo Caicedo).

Las corridas los viernes serán a las 7:30 de la noche y los sábados a las 4:00 de la tarde