Campo Pequeno bullring

The Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno to German bullring on the small square, is a multi-purpose facility in the borough Avenidas Novas of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon. It is located directly on the Campo Pequeno - and is therefore often equated with him - and is adjacent to the Avenida da República. The arena opened in 1892.

History

The Bullring at Campo Pequeno was designed by the Portuguese architect António José Dias da Silva. It was built in 1890-1892 after the former Lisbon bullring Campo de Santana, which was in operation 1831-1891, was demolished. Da Silva was oriented with its design in the style of Neo - Mudéjar on the Madrid bullring of Emilio Rodriguez Ayuso. Since 1903, here an Angolan Stierkampfart is organized, Charles I. had fascinated on a visit to Angola, with which he tried with the introduction of this fighting style to make him popular in Portugal. However, this failed because of the centuries-old bullfighting traditions.

By 2006, the bullring has been transformed from the ground up and renovation of a conventional arena into a multi-functional, covered indoor arena. Since then located under the hall is a large shopping center (Centro Comercial do Campo Pequeno ) and a car park. Since then, there is also direct access to the Metro station Campo Pequeno the Linha Amarela the Lisbon Metro.

The Arena has a round base with four octagonal towers at each corner. The western tower is flanked by two smaller towers and serves as the main entrance. The many windows of the building in the form of a horseshoe. Event space in the middle has a diameter of 80 meters and is covered with sand. In the Arena hosts about 10,000 spectators.

In summer, the bullfights, while now the arena is used among other things for concerts and similar events in winter.