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Also Known As tauromachy • corrida de toros • corrida de touros • tauromaquia • combats des taureaux

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Juli, El; bullfighting
Minoan civilization: Toreador Fresco
running of the bulls
Mithraism
Activists outside Catalonia's parliament building demonstrating against bullfighting, Barcelona, 2010.
El Juli at a bullfight in Barcelona, 2010.
Maracaibo, Venezuela: bullring
An aerial view of Mexico City's Azul Stadium (left), home to one of the city's professional football (soccer) teams, and Plaza México (right), the world's largest bullring.
Ronda: Spain's oldest bullring
bullfight: banderillero and picador
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Conchita Cintrón
American Portuguese bullfighter
Manolete.
Manolete
Spanish bullfighter
John Fulton
American bullfighter and painter
Dominguín.
Dominguín
Spanish matador
Juli, El; bullfighting
El Juli
Spanish bullfighter
Juan Belmonte.
Juan Belmonte
Spanish bullfighter
El Cordobés
El Cordobés
Spanish bullfighter
Carlos Arruza.
Carlos Arruza
Mexican bullfighter
Ordóñez, Antonio
Antonio Ordóñez
Spanish matador
Joselito.
Joselito
Spanish bullfighter
Domingo Ortega.
Domingo Ortega
Spanish bullfighter
Francisco Romero
Spanish bullfighter

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