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The bull runs (encierros) documented since 1215

Cuéllar, Tierra de Pinares, Segovia

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The bull runs (encierros) documented since 1215

Activity · Cuéllar, Tierra de Pinares, Segovia

Image of Cuéllar, not of the place itself.

The first known mention of the encierros of Cuéllar is from 1215, in a prohibition addressed to the clergy so that they would not take part in them; that document makes them the oldest documented encierros in Spain.

1215

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