The Fiesta de San Fermīn and the Running of the Bulls in 2020 has officially been canceled by the City of Pamplona as a precaution due to the pandemic. There will be some celebrations allowed on 6 July, but no large groups, and no street lunches. TVE will be broadcasting a running of the bulls … More Sanfermines 2020 Canceled Due to COVID-19
A look at what happened and who was responsible. Un libro en el que Sabino Cuadra apunta a responsabilidades penales (el comisario Rubio y el comandante Ávila) y políticas (Martín Villa). Rodolfo Martín Villa ha sido imputado por la Fiscalía de Argentina por crímenes contra la humanidad. Sabino Cuadra: “Martín Villa es el precursor de … More ‘¡No os importe matar! Sanfermines 1978’
There are seventeen official Peñas, social clubs, in Pamplona, numbering from a few hundred members to more then a thousand,. Much like the Sociedades Gastronómicas, the members-only gastronomic societies in the Basque country, their main purpose is to get together in their clubhouses during the year to celebrate their culture and cuisine, but Pamplona’s Peñas also … More Peñas de Pamplona and Sanfermines
100 years ago the world and the fiesta looked much different than it does today. The “war to end all wars” had finally come to an end on November 11, 1918 and the world was ready to move on. It would still be a few years before Papa Hemingway made his way south from Paris … More Historic Images of the Fiesta de San Fermín and the Running of the Bulls
Cebada Gago bulls keep up the heat. With a history of 56 gorings in their 29 appearances in Pamplona for the fiesta, there were no gorings this time, but there were 4 serious injuries for the 3rd running of the bulls, Sanfermins 2018.
Throughout its long history, the Sanfermines has been interrupted on only a few occasions, and always for political reasons. In 1937 and 1938 it was because of the Civil War, La Guerra Civil (17 July 1936-1 April 1939) and as recently as 1997, when there was a partial suspension of the fiesta following the kidnapping … More Sanfermines ’78
The Feria del Toro has been an important part of Pamplona’s legendary festival for more than 100 years. The 8-day Festival Of The Bull, the encierro, the running of the bulls and the bullfights in the afternoopn, was a favorite of Papa Hemingway, whose classic 1926 novel, “The Sun Also Rises” (Fiesta), has attracted tens … More Running With The Bulls
This is the excerpt for your very first post. … More The Bulls for Sanfermines 2018
