La Malagueta is a

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Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most po ...

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. It is located in the eastern district of Málaga, in its namesake neighbourhood of ''La Malagueta''. The first event was held in 1876. The building is owned by the Provincial Deputation of Málaga. Malaga Plaza de Toros y Malagueta-2

History

The bullring was designed by Joaquín Rucoba, who also designed the Mercado de Atarazanas. Construction work started on

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. The work was interrupted from

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, 1874 until

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. It was inaugurated on

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with a traditional ''corrida de toros''. In

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, during the last months of the

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, the

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at ''La Aurora'' had been filling up. The regime decided to use the bullring to house prisoners. In

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, during the

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, it was once again used to house prisoners. In

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, it was declared a

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. In 1981, it was also declared a

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, meaning it was added to the list of national heritage sites. A two-year renovation started in

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. The inside of the building was adapted so that it could be used as a cultural centre year round, rather than only as a bullring.

Building

The style of the building is

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and it takes the form of a 16-sided

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. After a refurbishment carried out in 2010 the arena now has a capacity for 9,032 spectators.Costarán un millón de euros Las obras de la plaza de toros de la Malagueta
/ref> The ring measures 52 meters in diameter and the complex includes four large

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, 10 small holding pens,

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s, a first aid post and assorted administrative facilities including the Museo Taurino Antonio Ordóñez museum. La Malagueta hosts events during the

Spanish-style bullfighting Spanish-style bullfighting is a type of bullfighting that is practiced in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, as well as in parts of southern France and Portugal. This style of bullfighting involves a physical contest with humans (a ...

season, and its festivities include two bullfights in

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which include the Corrida Picassiana (named in honour of

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). La Corrida de la Prensa (press) is held in June for the feast of Málaga town's duo of patron saints Ciriaco and Paula, who were martyred in Málaga in 303 AD. The bullring is also featured prominently during

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. The August festival and final bullfight of the season is held in the month of September in honour of

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, the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga.

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