Plaza de Toros de Ronda

The design of the main entrance to the bull ring features two Tuscan columns and the royal shield of Spain surround by baroque edging.

In that year, the Catholic King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella won Ronda back from the Moors and ended over seven centuries of Islamic rule.

Ronda's first inaugural bull fighting event in May of 1784 resulted in a partial collapse of the stands, and the structure had to be closed temporarily for repairs.

In 2009, that parking lot was finally removed and the city of Ronda opened up a competition for designers to construct new gardens next to the entrance of the bullfighting ring.

Some historians argued that the entrance should be restored in its original locations, but today gardens that embody the golden era of bullfighting in Spain now stretch to a scenic outlook next to the ring.

Madonna's co-star in the video was Spanish bullfighter Emilio Muñoz, who played her Latin lover who leaves her after spending a passionate night with the heartbroken blonde.

In 2001, the bullring was the location of the final quiz and execution in the first season of the American reality TV show The Mole, hosted by Anderson Cooper.

La Plaza de Toros
1800s image of the Plaza
A statue of a bull at the Plaza
Panorama of Plaza de toros de Ronda