COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Plaza de Toros de Ronda
Alternate Title:
Bullring, Ronda
Image View:
Overall view looking out from second level
Creator:
attributed to José Martín de Aldehuela (Spanish architect, ca. 1724 -1802)
Location:
site: Ronda, Málaga, Spain
Location Note:
Andalusia, bordered by Pje de Ernest Hemingway and Calle Virgen de la Paz
GPS:
+36.742361-5.167067
Date:
1779-1785 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Spanish
Style Period:
Eighteenth century
Work Type 1:
arena (sports building)
Work Type 2:
bullring
Classification:
architecture
Material:
terra cotta tile; glazed ceramic tile; stone; wood
Technique:
construction (assembling); fabrication attributes: ceramics
Measurements:
217 ft (diameter, ring)
Description:
In Ronda, (province of Málaga) is one of the oldest operational bullrings in Spain. The arena has a diameter of 66 metres (217 ft), surrounded by a passage formed by two rings of stone. There are two levels of seating, each with five raised rows of seating and 136 pillars that make up 68 arches. The Royal Box has a sloping roof covered in Arabic tiles. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Seven
Identifier:
1A1-AM-PT-A1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Plaza de Toros de Ronda
