Póvoa de Varzim Bullfighting Arena

Póvoa de Varzim Bullfighting Arena (Monumental Praça de Touros da Póvoa de Varzim) was a bullring (Praça de Touros) in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. It was located on Avenida Vasco da Gama, on the northern waterfront of the city. Bullfighting, horse shows, and concerts are held in the arena. The arena opened in 1949 and has a seating capacity of 6,097 regular seats and 150 chairs. Since 1984, it is a municipal venue owned by Varzim Lazer, a municipal company. It was built using functionalist architecture with a tendency to geometrical artistic expression. Póvoa de Varzim Bullring had the most important bullfighting tradition in Northern Portugal, some of its Portuguese-style corridas were broadcast in national television and some of its events met with strong opposition from animal welfare activists, such as the Portuguese group Animal and PETA. The bullring included the Salvação Barreto Bullfighting Museum, paying homage to the creator and manager of the bullring and a mythical forcado or bull-grabber who participated in the 1951 epic Quo Vadis as a gladiator fighting a bull. The Póvoa de Varzim Bullfighting Arena was demolished. The demolition started September, 2022, after a multi-year legal dispute involving a court injunction. It was replaced on the same site by the modern Póvoa Arena, a covered multi-purpose venue with a capacity of around 3,000 spect

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