"The designed capacity in the 1730's to the new circular plaza in Seville reached 14,000. If the total population of Sevilla after subtracting the poor, the elderly, children, priests, friars, nuns and antibullfighting that existed - oh, surprise - the resulting number coincided with the projected capacity to the bullring. The Real Maestranza de Sevilla decided to build a civilian building cupiese dimensions where all of the active city! There was no temple, no factory or theater, Sevilla or any other party, capable of holding so great crowd. "
Pedro Romero de Solis, "The taurine origin of public opinion," ABC, 30/04/2003
Photo: Tenison, 1853. Via The reason disembodied
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