Plaza de Toros La Malagueta

This guide to Plaza de Toros La Malagueta in Malaga follows architect Joaquin Rucoba's struggle to finish a bullring left half-built since December 1874, amid Spain's political turmoil. It centers on the puzzle he worked out on paper long before a single brick was laid: how to seat thousands of spectators around a ring of sand so that everyone could actually see. Work resumed in October 1875, and Rucoba dressed the finished building in Neo-Mudejar style, with horseshoe arches and bare red brick. Walk the perimeter and try to spot where one straight wall ends and the next begins.