Maestranza Bullring
Chapter 7/12 · Sevilla
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This is the bullring of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla, in the Arenal district. As early as 1707 there was a square ring here where the noble horsemen of the Maestranza practised bullfighting, and in 1730 King Philip V gave the Maestranza the title of royal. The present bullring was built in stages during the 18th and 19th centuries.
The ring is not a perfect circle: the building is an irregular polygon with thirty sides. The Prince's Box is reserved for the royal family, and inside there is a bullfighting museum. Its best-known bullfights take place during the April Fair.
Now we move away from the river and into the centre, to Plaza de San Francisco, where the City Hall stands.
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