Acho bullring
Adobe-and-timber bullring raised in the seventeen sixties, still hosting corridas in its original ring of walls.
This guide to Lima's Acho bullring traces the deal a landowner named Agustin Hipolito de Landaburu struck in 1765: riverbank land at the foot of San Cristobal hill in exchange for a permanent bullring, built to outlast a single season. You'll hear how master builder Cristobal de Bargas raised it in thick adobe under a tight deadline, and how the viceroy himself opened it in January 1766. The guide also follows the generations of breeders, picadors and sand-rakers who kept the ring working long after its builders were gone. Look closely at the buttressed adobe walls still carrying the tiered seating above you.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.