🏛️ Plaza de toros de las Arenas
Former bullring converted to shopping and cultural venue in Barcelona, Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- Opened: 1900
- Bullfighting ceased: 1977
- Architectural style: Moorish Revival
- Current use: Shopping, dining, and events complex
Plaza de toros de las Arenas is a former bullring in Barcelona that now functions as a shopping, dining, and cultural events venue. Built in 1900, it operated as a functioning bullring for 77 years before bullfighting was banned in Catalonia in 1977, prompting its conversion to commercial and leisure use. As of 2026, the venue continues to operate as a retail and entertainment complex while retaining its original Moorish Revival exterior. The structure exemplifies adaptive reuse in contemporary ...