EL BaRReRo park
A CoSMoPoLiTaN LooK

The existence of an urban park with a 19th century plan is a unique case in the Sierra de Francia region, although El Barrero, before becoming an urban looking leisure area, was for Sequeros the place where its open councils were held. When the weather conditions did not permit the councils to be held outdoors, they were moved to the large portico of the Town Hall, in calle del Concejo.
Later, when Sequeros became the head of the Judicial District in 1834, this space acquired new functions. Among those functions was to hold the regional markets that took place every week and also the annual livestock fairs. For the better organisation of these markets, a simple line of porticoes were built around the park to protect the stalls.

But by then, El Barrero was also the local people's favourite place for leisure. During the last quarter of the 19th century, a town of certain significance, such as Sequeros was then, was expected to have certain entertainment infrastructures. It was therefore decided that a bullring should be built in this area, to substitute the temporary installations that were set up in the park for that purpose. Around the same time, in 1890, a double court wall was built for the practice of ball games. The 19th century bullring was rebuilt in 1965 on the same original stone building, maintaining most of the old spaces and stone seats.
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