In the afternoo, we walked to the Maestranza bullring (Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla). Unfortunately we could not watch bullfighting due to the off-season, but we could get inside and make a guided tour (every half hour or one hour a guided tour is offered). |
The statue of the famous Seville bullfighter, Curro Romero , standing outside the bullring. |
The outside walls are painted in white and yellow - matches very well with the blue sky. The walls are re-painted every year. |
At the entrance (the ticket counter for the tour), of course a head of a bull is hanging on the wall. |
We first got inside the bullring. The theater box above this gate is reserved for the Spanish Royal Family. |
The arena is really big. |
There are 12500 seats in this bullring. It must be so exciting when all the seats are occupied by funs. |
A statue of a bull fighter. |
What is the meaning of this statue? It is kind of scary.... |
It was already dark when we got out the bullring. |
The bridge over the Guadalquivir River was illuminated. |
We walked a lot and enjoyed every piece of things we saw. It was a very fruitful day today! But we were not done yet! To be continued... |
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