Ever since I was a kid growing up in Ogden Utah back in the early 80's, I've been fascinated by the Spanish bullfight. I even searched out books on bullfighting at the Weber County library, where I found and read "Death in the Afternoon" by Ernest Hemingway. I'm probably the only kid in Utah to have ever read that book. Now here we are 40 years later and I still enjoy learning about and keeping up with the bullfights.
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January 4, 2026

I will stand in this exact spot one day

(from the Real Maestranza de Ronda Facebook page)

Desde la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda os invitamos a llenar vuestro día de #Arte e #Historia  conociendo las instalaciones y programa cultural de la institución.

Descubre el Picadero, admira la Real Guarnicionería del Duque de Montpensier; conoce la historia de la institución en la sala Real Maestranza de Ronda, recorre la colección de tauromaquia y disfruta de los diferentes espacios de la plaza.

Te esperamos de lunes a domingo de 10:00 a 18:00 h



October 27, 2020

Plaza de toros Ronda


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Here is the photo I used for the header of my blog which is inside of the Plaza in Ronda.



August 23, 2015

The beauty of Ronda


37th exhibition of tradition horse-drawn coaches in the beautiful Plaza de Toros de Ronda.

August 27, 2014

Ronda


(borrowed from andalucia.com/ronda/plazadetoro)

Inaugurated in 1785, Ronda's Plaza de Toros is one of the oldest in Spain, younger and smaller than that at Sevilla, but home to one of Spain's most famous 'schools' of bullfighting, on foot rather than on horseback as at Jerez and Sevilla. The legendary Pedro Romero (1754-1839) is said to have killed nearly 6,000 bulls here and at other corridas (bullfights). Its most recent superhero was Antonio Ordóñez (1932-1998), fêted by his friend Ernest Hemingway in his book The Fatal Summer.

Ordóñez's sons and grandsons have also fought at Ronda, but today the Plaza de Toros is a museum, open to tourists, and used only in the spectacular September Goyesca bullfights, in which combatants dress in the manner of Goya's portraits of 18th century life in Spain.