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Spanish Female Bullfighters in Iloilo

 

A rare example of Felix Laureano’s Iloilo photo studio work (along Calle Iznart), Senoritas toreras de la cuadrilla del apodera de Armengol, is proof that Iloilo by the mid-19th century not only attracted European opera singers but also female bullfighters from Spain.


Only Manila and Iloilo boasted of having bullrings in the Philippine archipelago.


Source: Archivo Espasa Calpe
Reference: National Museum of Western Visayas