The Coruche Bullring was inaugurated on 14 August 1966, during the festivities in honour of Our Lady of the Castle in 1966, the year in which the 800th anniversary of the Christian conquest of Coruche was celebrated.
After the blessing of the new chapel, built inside the square, and the unveiling of a commemorative plaque by the President of the Republic, Admiral Américo Tomás, the inaugural bullfight took place, under the direction of Mr. Júlio Procópio, in which bulls were fought by D. Maria Manuela Andrade Salgueiro and Dr. Fernando Salgueiro, for the riders Manuel Conde and Joaquim José Correia and the swordsmen Óscar Rosmano, José Falcão, Jorge Marques, César Marinho and António Sacramento. The pegas were carried out by the Forcados Amadores de Montemor.
Initially owned by the Construction Commission, on 16 August 1971 the bullring was donated to three charitable institutions in the town of Coruche: the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Castle, the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Coruche and the Lar de São José.
The bullfighting tradition in Coruche is ancient and one of the most active, with several bullfighting ranches in the municipality (David Ribeiro Telles, Vale Sorraia, Herdeiros Dr. António Silva and Lopes Branco, Herdeiros) and representatives of all professions linked to the art of bullfighting, from bullfighting riders and banderilleros, as well as the Grupo de Forcados Amadores de Coruche.
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