Plaza de toros de Las Palomas
Coordinates: 36°08′21.37″N 5°27′34.26″W / 36.1392694°N 5.4595167°W
Plaza de toros de Las Palomas is a bullring in Algeciras at the southern end of Spain. The current building was built in 1969 and it can hold over 11,000 spectators.
History
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Records of bullfights in Algeciras on an informal and irregular nature go back to 1765, but the first formal fight was in 1851 when a square was built that held 8,000 people. By 1866 this was considered inadequate and a group of people got together to buy the existing bullring and rebuild it. The new ring was ready by 1868 and it served well for a hundred years. However by 1969 the ring was again to small and because the town now surrounded it is could be not be expanded. A new bullring was built in 1969.
Since then a grant of over 100,000 Euros has enabled a new classroom to be built for the bullfighting school.[1]