Close-up of a wooden refuge (burladero) for the bullfighters at the Plaza de Toros de Ronda (bullring) in Ronda, Spain

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The central arena of a bullring is surrounded by a staging area where the bullfighters prepare and take refuge, called the callejon (alley). The callejon is separated from the arena by a wall or other structure, usually made of wood and roughly 140 cm high. In regular places, the wall is pushed outwards leaving splits (burladero, from burlar : to evade, to dodge) that allow the bullfighters to go in the arena and to take refuge but are too narrow for the bull.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Plaza de Toros de Ronda, Ronda, Malaga province, Andalusia, Southern Spain, Western Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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