1952: In a bullring in Barcelona a mock matador wearing a top hat and tails waves a cloak at a young bull who is pierced with banderillasPhotograph: Ernst Haas/Getty Images1957: Mexican matador Carlos Arruza during a bullfight in the Monumental Bullring of BarcelonaPhotograph: EFE/Corbis2003: Weeds have taken over the decaying Las Arenas bullring in BarcelonaPhotograph: Tom Thistlethwaite/Edifice/CORBIS
2004: The Monumental BullringPhotograph: EPA/Corbis2008: Spanish matador José Tomás makes a pass at Plaza Monumental bullringPhotograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images2009: People take part in a demonstration against bullfights outside the Plaza Monumental bullringPhotograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images2010: Protesters carrying banners painted with mock blood ask for the abolition of bullfighting in front of La MonumentalPhotograph: Susi Saez/epa/Corbis2010: A man shouts slogans in favour of bullfights outside Barcelona's bullringPhotograph: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters2010: A man walks by a banner displaying the bullfight schedule of the Plaza Monumental bullringPhotograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images2010: Julián López "El Juli" waits to enter the ring with his team of torreros at the Plaza MonumentalPhotograph: Charlie Mahoney/Corbis2010: Butchers move to drain the carcasses of the bulls that were killed in the ring after a bullfight at the Plaza MonumentalPhotograph: Charlie Mahoney/Corbis2010: Julián López, "El Juli" makes a pass on a bull in Plaza MonumentalPhotograph: Charlie Mahoney/Corbis2010: People applaud after a vote to ban bullfights at Catalonia's ParliamentPhotograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images
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