Controversial 300-metre ‘Bull of Spain’ tourist attraction labelled ‘absurd’ by critics
The ‘absurd’ statue that has divided opinion
- The Spanish Academy of Bullfighting has proposed building a controversial 300-metre-high metal bull statue, named “The Bull of Spain”, to symbolise the bullfighting tradition.
- The organisation intends to fund the construction, claiming the statue would attract tourism and create jobs in its chosen host city.
- Madrid has rejected the project, but the populist right-wing Vox party in Burgos has expressed interest, seeing it as a potential tourist attraction.
- If constructed in Burgos, the statue would stand almost three times taller than the 112-metre Gothic Burgos Cathedral, featuring observation decks, restaurants, and souvenir shops.
- Critics, including Burgos’s former mayor, have labelled the proposal “absurd”, reflecting the ongoing debate surrounding bullfighting in Spain.