Villafáfila, which came from a long tradition of four centuries of bullfighting since the 16th century, held since then in the Plaza del Reloj or Pequeña (next to the Town Hall) until the 19th century, approximately in the year 1858, when it began to take place in the Plaza Mayor.

The Villafáfila City Council mandated the construction of the following on December 1, 1934:

"It was agreed to make a round corral" [1] in the minutes it is called a corral, but its intention was to make a bullring, because surely putting in the minutes to make a bullring, would be subject to rules that the council could hardly comply with and even financially cover, so, to get around it, he pretended to make a corral to enclose cattle, but in reality its purpose was to make a bullring.

Remains of the Llamares bullring

 

Built “in the Prado de los Llamares” [2] a communal meadow, used for grazing cattle, the meadow is located northeast of the town, at a distance of approximately 1.30 km [3] , with a measurement “of fifty meters in diameter, three meters high in the wall of the first belt with a thickness of 80 cm. as a minimum” , and it was ordered “that it be put out by edict to see if there are bidders for such work and then…” the square would have a bullpen and its pens for the storage of cattle and also had an infirmary. We determined that the works of the bullring of Los Llamares would begin in the month of December 1934 or January 1935 , and that for the San Roque festivities it was already finished and the first bullfights were celebrated in it.

1934 - December 1, order for the construction of the Los Llamares de Tapial bullring

Almost a month before the construction mandate, in the minutes book of the Villafáfila City Council on November 7, 1934 [4] to an official letter dated November 2 by which the Honorable Mr. Governor agreed to the suspension of his positions in the corporation of the Villafáfila City Council, the suspension of Mayor Mr. Alfonso Escaja, of councilors Mr. José del Río and Mr. Andrés Fernández and the appointment of interim councilors Mr. Jerónimo Rodríguez Alonso, Mr. Florencio Rodríguez Gutiérrez (Patuña) , Mr. Agustín Tejero Madrigal and Mr. Liborio del Teso Gutiérrez [5] .

The new town council is constituted, which is made up of the following gentlemen:

Mayor, Mr. Alfonso Escaja del Teso.

1st Lieutenant, Mr. Andrés Fernández Ruiz.

2nd Lieutenant, Mr. Luciano Calzada Rando [6] .

Trustee, Mr. Hilario Ferreras Vidal.

Alternate, Mr. Hipólito Alonso Gutiérrez “Ovidio” .

Councilmen, Mr. Jose del Rio de Leon [7] "Pepe Fu" , Mr. Inocencio del Teso Zamorano [8] and Mr. Quirino Martinez Quesada "The Confectioner" .

By order of His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Alfonso Escaja, Mr. José del Río and Mr. Andrés Fernández Ruiz are suspended from their posts by the civil Governor.

Mr. José del Rio de León “Pepe Fu” , one of the dismissed councilors

Appointed interim councilors by Mr. Governor Mr. Jerónimo Rodríguez Alonso, Mr. Florencio Rodríguez Gutiérrez "Patuña" , Mr. Agustín Tejero Madrigal and Mr. Liborio del Teso Gutiérrez [9] .

Those already referenced cease and the others take possession.

Mr. Alfonso Escaja leaves the presidency and leaves the insignia of office on the table.

The new Town Council was then formed under the presidency of Mr. Liborio del Teso Gutiérrez, as he was the oldest, and the election of the mayor took place. In a secret ballot, Mr. Florencio Rodríguez Gutiérrez was elected by 9 votes and was proclaimed mayor at the event, taking over the presidency and receiving the insignia of office.

Minutes of incorporation of the City Council corporation of November 7, 1934

                 

The municipal corporation of the Villafáfila City Council was composed as follows, which are those who under their corporation give mandate and the Llamares bullring is made:

Mayor: Mr. Florencio Rodríguez Gutiérrez “Patuña”.

First Lieutenant: Mr. Agustín Tejero Madrigal.

Councillor: Mr Luciano Calzada Rando.

Councillor: Mr. Quirino Martínez Quesada “The Confectioner” .

Councillor: Mr. Jeronimo Rodriguez Alonso.

Councillor: Mr. Hipólito Alonso Gutiérrez “Ovidio” .

Councillor: Mr. Inocencio del Teso Zamorano.

Councillor: Mr Hilario Ferreras Vidal.

Councilman: Mr. Liborio del Teso Liborio Gutierrez

On December 1, 1934, the Villafáfila City Council, in a municipal session, recorded in the minutes the mandate for the construction of a corral (bullring) made of adobe in the meadow of the Llamares.

“December 1st

It was agreed to make a round corral in the Prado de los Llamares of fifty meters in diameter, three meters high in the wall of the first belt with a thickness of 80 cm. as a minimum, which will be put out by edict to see if there are bidders for such work and then ...” ^[10] .

Minutes of the Villafáfila Town Hall meeting held on December 1, 1934, in which the mandate to create a bullring in the Prado de los Llamares is noted

 

Location of the Llamares bullring

The Llamares bullring is located in the Llamares meadow, which gives it its name, situated northeast of the town centre, approximately 1.35 [11] km away. It is accessed by the road to Villalpando or the C erecinos road that was built in those years or the road to Tapioles, which after the land consolidation of 1971 part of it disappears.

Location of the bullring in the Prado de los Llamares, map from 1941

 

Name: Prado de los Llamares, its name comes from the area where Los Llamares is located.

Municipality: Villafáfila.

Location: To the east of Villafáfila, it is located in the area known as Los Llamares, within which is the “El Palomar” Interpretation Centre , which occupies 23 hectares, and within the meadow is the La Parva lagoon.

The southern part of the Los Llamares meadow is named Villar, simply separated by the width of a road [12] approx. 10 m, this meadow is located to the north of the Salina Grande approx. 1.15 km, to the west of the El Rual lagoon 500 m. to the south of the Barrillos lagoon approx. 8 m separated by a road, and to the north of the Roman bridge or Villarigo 755 m.

Concentration map of Villafáfila, polygon 8, plot 735, area where the Llamares meadow is located.

Concentration map of Villafáfila, polygon 8, plot 735, area where the Llamares meadow is located

 

This meadow has always belonged to the council, although it is only one, today it is divided into two parts:

Name	Part	Plot No.	S. has
Meadow of the Llamares	Northern part	735	114
Llamares Meadow (Villar)	Southern part	735	25

 

El Prado de los Llamares, all the cattle were taken together by one person, the cowboy, there were two, one took the cattle, and another all kinds of stables, mules, donkeys, mares and they charged per head, which with the arrival of tractors in the 60s of the 20th century, would disappear. They are rented through auction, it is usually rented by sheep farmers, and it is still like that today. There was a hut there that lasted until the 80s of the 20th century that served as shelter from the inclement weather, or to spend the night near the bullring.

Current location on map of the Llamares bullring (red), Los Llamares meadow (green)

 

In the land registry the reference of the Prado de los Llamares with the number 49271A001007350000FQ, polygon 1, plot 735.

Rustic class. Main use:

agricultural. Cultivation:

PD Meadows or grasslands 1,332,803 m ² .

Unproductive. 2,161 m ² .

Unproductive 16 m ²

Total 1,334,950 m ² . - 133,493 hours.

Although today the “El Palomar” Interpretation Centre is outside, it has always been a meadow, with an area of ​​230,000 m2 ^- 11 p.m.

Total 1,564,950 m ² - 156,493 h.

Cadastral reference of Prado de los Llamares No. 49271A001007350000FQ, polygon 1, plot 735

 

Location of the Los Llamares bullring (red circle), on the land consolidation map of Villafáfila in the year 71, 20th century, with the addition of the term of Otero de Sariegos which was included in Villafáfila in 1972

 

1935 construction of the Los Llamares bullring

We could determine that the works on the Llamares bullring would begin in December 1934 or January 1935 , and that for the San Roque festivities it was already finished and the first bullfights were held there, where admission was charged, giving profit.

Aerial view of the Llamares bullring, where the first girth can be seen which was 3 m high with a 80 cm thick adobe wall, to the east (right) the bullpen with its pigpens and to the west (left) the infirmary.

 

As we can see from the minutes of the Villafáfila City Council in 1935 [13] , of the sessions held on January 19, June 30, September 1, Extraordinary, 1935, and October.

 The square had a diameter of 50 m, a circumference of 314 m and a surface area of ​​7,850 ^m2 .

The first ring was 3 m high with a minimum thickness of 80 cm of adobe. This ring was several metres wide and was where people stood to watch the bullfight, which had a slight slope.

Part of the Llamares bullring, which was the first 3 m high belt in the adobe with a thickness of 80 cm or, as can be seen, of adobe

 

It had a bull pen and its pens for keeping the cattle to the east and the infirmary to the west.

Aerial view of the bullring in 1975, on the right the corrals, the bullring grounds, on the left the infirmary

 

In the minutes book of the Villafáfila Town Hall from the session of January 19, 1935, the construction of the square was already found, it shows us that it was close to the animal cemetery and it was ordered to move it to another place called Los Llamarinos [14] .

“January 19

Taking into account that due to the construction of the corral in the Llamares meadow near the animal cemetery, it was unanimously agreed to move it to the Llamarinos, whose site will be marked by means of boundary markers” [15] .

Construction material for the Llamares bullring, the adobe

One of the most characteristic and defining elements of Villafáfila was used in the construction: the adobe, which, together with the adobe, is the defining characteristic of the region in which it is located, “land of fields” , taken from the depths of the earth.

Tapial, “rammed clay concrete”

We define the rammed earth [16] as a monolithic conglomerate executed in series by an “in situ” model of a rammed clay concrete.

The first step towards obtaining a rammed earth factory that is resistant to the passage of time is fundamentally the preparation and composition of the land.

Graded sandy soils with 15 to 20% clays acting as conglomerates mixed with water should be used, taking special care that the water content is not excessive, otherwise evaporation would produce a porous material, permeable to water and consequently crumbly as it is very icy. Therefore, the water content for mixing should not exceed 12% by weight of the clay used.

The soil is piled up in small mounds during the autumn, so that during the winter it is attacked by water, ice and the sun, causing it to swell and lose organic matter. Good earth making techniques require that a whole year pass before the earth is made.

The best soils for walling are clayey, capable of adopting natural slopes close to verticality and whose prior collapse is difficult.

Wall of rammed earth in a dovecote in Villafáfila

 

Formwork section

 

Execution of a rammed earth module

 

Detail of the door

 

Manufacturing process of a rammed earth wall using vertical strips (according to description)

 

Before proceeding to the execution of the ramparts, the foundation and plinths will have been previously prepared, generally made with stone masonry, forming a kind of cyclopean concrete below ground level and very rough concentrated masonry in plinths, which due to their stability and insulation provide an adequate base for screening the rampart. Once the earth has been mixed, it is poured onto a composite wooden mould that closes the sides; this always in the ramparts of the factory, since, for the subsequent ones, as they are attached to each other, only three boards will be necessary.

Once the mould has been filled, the earth is tamped down inside the adobe using oak wooden tampers in the shape of a rectangular pyramid trunk with a long handle. Good tamping is essential for the quality and durability of the adobe and for this the sound of the tamper has to be clear and can be heard from a considerable distance; however, when the earth is not at its best or the tamping is not done well, it is the sound of the tamper that first gives it away, aided by a light sprinkling, although excessive amounts of earth should be avoided as it could muddy the tamper. Tamping is generally done in layers of a thickness of no more than 15 cm. The thickness of the adobe walls made using this procedure ranges between 60 and 80 cm.

Wooden tamper

 

The resistance acquired by a well-executed rammed earth factory, after one year of its construction, ranges between 9 and 12 kg/cm2 ^due to breakage or compression for a normal height of 4m.

Sometimes, to give the adobe greater consistency and protect it from humidity, lime and sand mortar is added, giving it the name of calico-plastered adobe.

Once dry and chopped, they are plastered with a grout of lime and clay or mortar of lime and fine sand and ash, reinforcing the edges and lintels with masonry or brickwork.

In the minutes book of the Villafáfila Town Hall of the session of June 30, 1935 , the works were already very advanced, the infirmary built, it only needed to be roofed, since they ordered to buy materials as soon as possible to cover it, (possibly so that the square would be finished before San Roque and to be able to give the bulls), to go to the Table and ask D. Pedro de Castro, and in that of November 23, the cost of the materials for the infirmary is reported as 252.70 pts . of 1935.

“June 30

“It was agreed that the appropriate measures would be taken as soon as possible to cover the infirmary in the newly built bullring and that the materials would be requested in La Tabla from Don Pedro de Castro” [17] .

“November 23rd

Account of materials used in the infirmary of the bullring presented by Mr. Pedro de Castro Álvarez for 252.70 pts.” ^[18] .

Remains of the Llamares bullring

 

In the minutes book of the Villafáfila Town Hall in a session held in October 1935, Mr. Lázaro Lorenzo presents an account for 700 adobes and a daily wage for the bullring of 41 pts.

“of October

“He says that Lázaro Lorenzo presented 700 adobes and a day's wage in the bullring of this town for 41 pesetas” [19] .

In 1936, in the minutes book of the Villafáfila Town Hall in the session of January 22, the necessary works were ordered to be carried out in the corral of the Prado de los Llamares (bullring) which consisted of putting a belt all around it.

“January 22nd

That the necessary works be carried out in the corral of Prado de los Llamares, consisting of putting a belt all around it” [20] .

Location of the Llamares bullring on a current map

End of construction of the Llamares bullring

In the minutes book of the Villafáfila Town Hall, in the session held on September 1, 1935, after the San Roque festivities, in this reference it can be determined that the Llamares bullring had been finished, and the first bullfight of the San Roque festivities was held there, where they put in tickets and obtained 214 pts.

“Extraordinary September 1st

Having seen the accounts that the mayor presented of all the expenses incurred on the occasion of the festivities held by this town council during the San Roque festivities of the current year, they amount to 2,380.22 pts., and are approved unanimously, paying 1,500 pts. from Chapter 13, Article 3, and 666 pts. from Chapter 18, and the remaining 214 pts. from the proceeds of the entrance fees, which was what the bullfight produced” [21] .

Rental of the Llamares bullring

In the publication of the Herald of Zamora of September 11 and the minutes book of the Villafáfila City Council, in the session held on November 3, 1935, the square would not only serve to give bullfights in the San Roque festivities, it seems that there was an intention on the part of the City Council to make a profit from the bullring, renting it on other dates for festivities promoted by contractors that would leave a profit to the city council as it was. Thus the contractors, Mr. Jesús Rodríguez Díez, Mr. Santiago Pallares Rodríguez and Mr. Jonás Rodríguez Rodríguez, rented the bullring giving a bullfight on September 15, to whom it was rented for 150 pts. and paid into the municipal coffers. One of the bulls fought to death was by the bullfighter Mrs. Sagrario Gallego Pinto.

September 11, 1935 Herald of Zamora [22] , publishes:

“From Villafáfila

September festivities

On the 15th, the September fairs and festivals will begin in this town, which this year promise to be very lively.

The neighbours of the neighbouring towns will come together, attracted by the festivities which this year will be celebrated with the greatest joy, without omitting sacrifices.

On the afternoon of the 15th, a great bullfight will be held in which four magnificent bulls will be fought, two of them to death by the friendly and courageous young lady bullfighter, Sagrario Gallego Pinto and the brave young bullfighter Rubén González Terremoto, with their corresponding teams.

The successes that both bullfighters have had, in particular the novelty that is the young bullfighter Sagrario Gallego, predict that Villafáfila will be full of foreigners on the 15th."

In all the bullfights that Sagrario Gallego has taken part, the public has been unable to help but applaud the determination and art of this young lady, who is a reality of the national festival.

There will also be lively dances and festivals.

The Correspondent”

Herald of Zamora11 September 1935

 

Years of use of the Llamares bullring 1935-1955

Since the first bullfight held in San Roque in 1935 on August 16, the use of the bullring was only until the mid-1950s, approximately until 1955, exactly two decades, although in those two decades of use, not all the San Roque celebrations were held in the Llamares bullring, nor were there celebrations every year in a row, especially between the last five years 1950-1955.

After 1955, there was a decade and a half without bullfighting in Villafáfila, and when they resumed in 1971, the Llamares bullring was never used again.

As we can see in a photo showing the bullring in the Plaza Mayor built in the 1940s, it is not unequivocal to us from that date, since as a reference we can take the fact that the fronton was built in 1935.

The fronton in the Plaza Mayor, built in 1935 by D. Tomás Martínez de Uña

 

In the minutes of the Villafáfila Town Hall , in the sessions held on February 23, 1935, the construction of the fronton was mandated. In the session of March 10, there was only one proposal from the neighbor D. Tomás Martínez de Uña who agreed to do it for 425pts. In the session of April 28, 15 m of wire mesh was brought to put on the windows near the fronton and prevent the glass from breaking .

“ February 23

It was also agreed to build a fronton for ball games in the Plaza de la República using earth and cement walls with the following dimensions: ten meters wide, eight meters high, and eighty centimeters wide, the first belt, the rest with their corresponding markings and that it be announced to the public so that bricklayers who are interested in building it can present proposals to the town hall secretary on the basis that the transport of materials and the amount thereof will be on account of the town hall and that the amount agreed upon must be paid by the one who does it most economically, and will not collect the amount of the same until the distribution of profits for the current year has been collected, and it will be paid from the contingency chapter” [23] .

March 10th

There has only been one proposal for the construction of the fronton in the Plaza de la República, which is from the resident of this town, Mr. Tomás Martínez de Uña, who agrees to build it, with regard to the labor, at a price of 425 pts., which will be paid when the distribution of profits for this year is collected, the aforementioned bricklayer being responsible for the guarantee and security of the work for a period of five years, except in the case of force majeure [24] .

April 28th

- …and he brought 15 meters of wire mesh for the windows of the houses near the fronton to avoid broken glass, having imported fifteen pesetas [25] .

Part of the Llamares bullring, which was the first 3 m high belt in the adobe with a thickness of 80 cm or, as can be seen, of adobe

 

If that year the Llamares were held in the Plaza, there were none in 1936-1938 due to the Civil War, and in 1939 the bullfights that were held in the Plaza de los Llamares resumed when the payment was made, as evidenced by the advertising poster in the newspaper Imperio (Diario de Falange Española Tradicional y de las Jons) on August 10, 1939, page 2.

We have references from some years, such as 1939, just after the war ended, when the festivities would be resumed, since there were none between 1936 and 1938 due to the Spanish Civil War. They were probably held in the Llamares bullring, which was a better place for collecting entrance fees. Likewise, in the years 1947 and 1955, where we have posters of the bullfights held during the San Roque festivities.

1939 End of the civil war and resumption of bullfighting

After the war ended on April 1, 1939, the same year they were resumed, as we can see from the poster announcing the San Roque bullfight for August 16, in the newspaper Imperio (Diario de Falange Española Tradicional y de las Jons) on August 10, 1939, page 2 ^[26] . They dedicated it in homage to the ex-combatants and the novillero Marianito Álvarez reappeared, they charged, they did not set the price, and it refers to the programs.

Poster announcing the bullfight of the San Roque festivities in 1939, in the Imperio newspaper (Daily newspaper of the Traditional Spanish Falange and of the Jons) August 10, 1939, page 2

 

         The poster is repeated again in the same newspaper on August 11, 1939. Empire : Zamora Diary of the Spanish Phalanx of the JONS . [27] .

 

Empire: Zamora Diary of the Spanish Phalanx of the JONS, August 11, 1939 , page 4

 

On August 12, 1939, in the newspaper Imperio: Diario de Zamora of the Spanish Phalanx of the JONS [28] , he published:

“Festivals in Villafáfila

On the occasion of the San Roque festival, the traditional festivals will be held in the town of Villafáfila on the 15th, 16th and 17th of this month, with an important bullfight sponsored by the local authorities on the 16th.

The brave and powerful bullfighter from Cordoba, MARIANITO Alvarez, will appear in the event, fighting and killing two beautiful bulls with a sword. He will also be accompanied by the bullfighter from Cadiz, Chiquito de la Cruz, distinguished fans of the town, and his team of brave bullfighters will be José Geranio and Calletano Palma, well known for their success in various areas and brilliant performances.

The festivities, which have been organised by Mr. Mayor Valentín Rodríguez Miranda and the local leader of the Falange Española Tradicionalista and the JON-S, comrade Julio de la Granja, are in honour of the ex-combatants of the town who have fulfilled the sacred duties of good Spaniards on the combat fronts and have returned to their homes to continue fighting for the greatness of Spain with the tools of their trade, with the same faith and enthusiasm with which they once fought, wielding rifles.

The festivities promise to be brilliant because the people of Spain are happy on their honeymoon with their homeland and eager for these festivities that are the essence of their tradition and that men of bad faith, enemies of everything that was traditional, suppressed in these quintessentially Castilian towns.

Now, with Spain saved by arms and beginning its reconstruction, with the support of all men of good will, led by our Caudillo, these festivals that have been celebrated for centuries and are now held in homage to our war veterans have the flavor of the patriarchal normality in which they lived before and the sweet flavor of our new style.

Sunday Manfred.

Villafáfila, August 11, 1939. – Year of Victory.”

Empire: Zamora Diary of the Spanish Phalanx of the JONS 12 August 1939. Year IV Number 843, page 2

 

1940s 20th century

After the war, there were bullfights not every year in the 1940s. Sometimes they were held in the Plaza Mayor and other times in the Llamares bullring, which had been built in 1935.

As can be seen in the photograph where a group of people next to the bullring in the Plaza Mayor, made with wood and threshing floors, behind you can see the fronton that was made the same year as the bullring of Los Llamares [29] .

Group of people next to the bullring, made in the main square, with wood and threshing floors, behind you can see the trinquete that was made in 1935, photo approx. 40s

 

In addition to the fact that during these years the bullfights were also celebrated in the Plaza Mayor, the event that stands out is between the middle of the 40s and the beginning of the 50s, where a group of young men in a local made of adobe and adobe, set up a bar during the festivities called Bar Ciclón, being located in the Plaza Mayor within the place of the capea, (between Doroteo Rodríguez's house) one of the bulls entered the bar, there the young men were armed with batons and clubs, equipped with some burladero or barrier, a bull that entered with which they went around beating and the bull with blows, which stuck its horn in half a wall, the hubbub and expectation that it produced was such that the event ended up reflected with this colpa titled ^[30] :

“DEAR VILLAFÁFILA ^[31]

On the fifteenth of August,

day that is never forgotten,

Villafáfila celebrates its most popular festival,

because bulls are always fought,

good sparks are caught,

and what faces those days look like,

so many women and all pretty,

oh oh oh oh Villafáfila dear,

Oh oh oh oh I will never be able to forget you,

because in you I have begun to rejoice.

 

Everyone comes to see your cheerful air,

At your party, party, of tradition,

kill, kill, kill, kill

kill him, kill him, kill him.

 

On the afternoon of the bulls,

a rock in a hall,

They opened a bar called

bar Ciclón, where there was a lot of wine and

men of courage,

The bulls awaited joy,

How much did those at Bar Ciclón enjoy it

Oh oh oh dear Villafáfila

 

At seven in the evening,

the fourth of the bullfight,

There he made a very good entrance,

but a very bad start,

because they almost broke it,

with blows to the ribs,

Oh, what pain that bull must have felt,

Oh, how they all beat him up,

oh oh oh oh oh Villafáfila dear

oh oh oh oh oh Villafáfila dear

 

All the people believed that there was

minced meat because none,

The fifth one came out and like the other,

There he also made his entrance,

and not respecting the stick,

He threw all the men,

He made the corral of the morapio,

The walls pointed, all the men

From there they left, and the bored bull,

He went after them

oh oh oh oh oh Villafáfila dear

Oh, oh, oh, Villafáfila, dear.

 

Then they went to the infirmary,

where they were congratulated by the mayor and the,

Justice in lemonade and liquor,

They all stole a spark,

Then they went to the Bar Ciclón,

all happy with good humor,

 

Oh no, one of the people,

that does not say that the Cyclone,

in the afternoon of the bulls,

the only ironing

oh oh oh oh Villafáfila dear,

Oh, oh, oh, I can never forget you,

because in you I have begun to rejoice . ”

Approach to the Plaza Mayor where the Ciclón bar was (between Doroteo Rodríguez's house)

 

1947 we have a poster showing a bullfight on August 18, with four bulls and a fifth was stolen by the novillero Victorino Barroso, and a team of men from the town, Onofre and Braulio Figuera with Juan Martínez and Joselito and closing the match Onofre González.

Poster for the bullfights in Villafáfila in 1947

 

1950s, 20th century, last years of bullfighting celebrations in the Plaza de los Llamares.

In the 1950s and 20th century, the celebrations were intermittent.

1955 we have another poster with a bullfight, on August 14th with five brave and select bulls, five with a black and red white insignia from the famous and accredited ranch of D. Domingo Matías Bernardo de Reportillo Salamanca. Those that will be fought by the following, the first bullfighter-bullfighter, will be fought, banderilleado, and killed with a sword by the famous matador of bulls, successful in Spain and America: Lorenzo Pascual el Belmonteño ^[32] Who acts in honor of this hobby. and Pepe Méndez. On August 15th, the same one won the day before by Pepe Roldán. The bullfight begins at six o'clock in the afternoon, and was given in the bullring of Los Llamares.

Poster for the bullfights in 1955, on August 14 and 15

 

These three following photos from that time, let us see the bullfighting animation of those young people, also perhaps even the little observation that it leaves us of background, I lean towards that they are in the bullring of Los Llamares, where it can be observed:

A door and a threshing floor against the wall, a cloak made from scraps.

Jorge Cañibano de la Torre, Fructuoso Osorio, Francisco del Teso, Julio Ovejero, years between the 40s and 50s of the 20th century

 

A path that would serve as a shelter, a small wall made of adobe from the square, people dressed in a cape made from scraps and clubs.

Years between the 40s and 50s of the 20th century

 

The people holding the bull, and behind them, perched on the walls, the bullring.

 

Years between the 40s and 50s of the 20th century

 

At this point in 1955, the celebration of bullfights in the Llamares bullring would end. It would no longer be used as a bullring, as well as the celebration in the Plaza Mayor, giving a decade and a half without bullfighting until 1970, which was resumed in 1971 and would mark a new place to be held in San Marcos. With this, over the years, the Llamares bullring has been disappearing, due to the climatic action that has gradually collapsed the wall, also the plague of rabbits that exists in the place has accelerated the process. The mayor between the years 1995-2023, Mr. Antonio Jesús Rodríguez Valverde, had the intention, although he did not reach the project, that the bullring would be rehabilitated.

Aerial view of the Llamares bullring, where you can see what remains of a very weakened structure

 

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Author:

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Los Llamares bullring 1934-1955 - Villafáfila. (A bullring made of mud brick, built in the Los Llamares meadow).

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The municipal lands of Villafáfila and their use by the residents in the 16th century.

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https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=13 Minutes book of sessions of the Villafáfila city council on November 7, 1934.99577.pdf

 

Minutes book of the sessions of the Villafáfila City Council on November 7 and December 1, 1934.

 

Elias Rodriguez Rodriguez;

Sessions of the Villafáfila City Council 1934.

https://historiasdevillafafila.blogspot.com

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Minutes book of the Villafáfila town council, sessions held on January 19, February 23, March 10, April 28, June 30, November 23, September 1, Extraordinary and October 1, 1935.

Elias Rodriguez Rodriguez:

Municipal sessions of Villafáfila - 1935.

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Minutes book of the Villafáfila town council, session held on January 22, 1936.

 

Elias Rodriguez Rodriguez:

The Villafáfila Town Hall in 1936.

historiasdevillafafila.blogspot.com - https://historiasdevillafafila.blogspot.com/2015/08/el-ayuntamineto-de-villafafila-en-1936.html

 

Elias Rodriguez Rodriguez:

River Surname:

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Elias Rodriguez Rodriguez and Jose Luis Dominguez Martinez:

Surname Calzada

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Teso's surname.

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Construction features of the dovecotes of Villafáfila.

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Jose Luis Dominguez Martinez:

Personal data.

 

Dear Villafáfila (Popular song from Villafáfila). Collected by Mrs. Chencha Gallego. Compiled by Mr. José Luis Domínguez Martínez.

 

Isidro Dominguez Calzada:

Personal data.

 

Restituted Osorio Fernandez:

Personal data.

 

Newspaper: Heraldo de Zamora September 11, 1935. Year XXXIX Century II Number 12499.

https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1002739496.

 

Newspaper: Imperio: Zamora Diary of the Spanish Phalanx of the JONS Year IV Number 842 - 1939 August 11.

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Newspaper: Imperio: Zamora Diary of the Spanish Phalanx of the JONS Year IV Number 843 - 1939 August 12.

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Villafáfila Land Consolidation Map: Map number 008.

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Cadastral Headquarters:

PRADO OF THE LLAMARES AND THE VILLAR Polygon 1 Plot 735. VILLAFÁFILA (ZAMORA) 49271A001007350000F.

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Map of Villafáfila 1941

National Geographic Information Center

https://centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/buscar.do?filtro.checkCoord=N&filtro.codFamilia=02307&filtro.numeroHoja=0308#

 

Photograph:

Elias Rodriguez Rodriguez.

Jose Luis Dominguez Martinez.

Google Maps.

Villafáfila Land Consolidation Map: Map number 008.

National Geographic Information Center.

General Secretariat of Cadastre.

Newspaper: Heraldo de Zamora September 11, 1935. Year XXXIX Century II Number 12499.

Newspaper: Imperio: Zamora Diary of the Spanish Phalanx of the JONS Year IV Number 842 - 1939 August 11.

Newspaper: Imperio: Zamora Diary of the Spanish Phalanx of the JONS Year IV Number 843 - 1939 August 12.

 

Transcription and editing:

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