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A statue of a bull at the Plaza Soon after the ring's creation in the 18th century, the Romero family of Ronda emerged to provide over three generations of bullfighters . The most important of them was Pedro Romero (1754-1839), a key figure in the history of bullfighting who slew more than 5,600 bulls .
On May 20, 1964, when he made his first appearance at Las Ventas in Madrid, the bullfight ended with the near-fatal goring of El Cordobés on the horns of the bull Impulsivo. Twenty-two days later El Cordobés fought again. [3] By the time of his first retirement, in 1971, El Cordobés had become the highest-paid matador in history.
Statue of Nimeño II at the arena of Nîmes. Christian Montcouquiol (" Nimeño II ") (born in Speyer , Germany , 10 March 1954, died in Caveirac , France , 25 November 1991) was a French matador .
Pedro Romero Martínez (19 November 1754 – 10 February 1839) was a bullfighter from the Romero family in Ronda, Spain.. His grandfather Francisco is credited with advancing the art of using the muleta; his father and two brothers were also toreros.
He was honored with a monument at the gates of La Malagueta bullring in Málaga and his ashes lie beneath the "toril" gate, opened to allow the bull to enter, in the oldest bullring in the world, in his home town of Ronda. His family owned the arena. There is a statue of him outside the arena.
Unveiled in September 1991 was a monumental bronze sculpture in Rivera's memory outside the El Puerto de Santa María bullring. It depicts a scene with Rivera and a bull, with the bullfighter performing a porta gayola move. The sculpture has, according to the source, "a notable realism and dynamism in its composition".