TOREROS DE SALAMANCA

museotaurinosalamanca.es, 24/05/2018

Historical relationship of the bullfighters of Salamanca with their own spaces dedicated to the Niño de la Capea, Julio Robles and Santiago Martín “El Viti”.

SALAMANCA TOWERS





The Viti





Of elegant and serious bullfighting, pundonoroso and honest in his work, brave and sober without easy concessions to the gallery. Master of the temple and creator of tasks of a surprising link. Its space houses numerous treasures that reflect its trajectory as one of the great bullfighters of its time.


White and gold took the alternative El Viti in Madrid on May 13, 1961. He had Gregorio Sánchez as his godfather and Diego Puerta as his witness. A bullfighter and three astronauts. Thus can be defined this poster signed by Santiago Martín along with the three famous astronauts who arrived on the Moon, Amstrong, Aldrin and Collins. Diego Puerta, Paco Camino and El Viti, a poster that would be repeated throughout many afternoons in the 70s.





Guapito was the bull that El Viti stoked in his alternative. Negro zaíno, belonged to the livestock of Alipio Pérez Tabernero Sanchón, to whom he cuts an ear. Another would start his second opponent, which earned him the exit on his shoulders.



The sculptor Ángel Mateos wanted to pay tribute to the bullfighter of Vitigudino with this sculpture, which reflects all the sobriety and elegance of the matador charro.








The Child of Capea





Cheerful bullfighter, dominator, who occupies with undoubted justice a privileged position in the bullfighting of his time. La terna de oro del toreo salmantino, El Niño de la Capea, Julio Robles and Santiago Martín, El Viti.









Chamberí's bullfighter took the alternative in 1972, a photograph illustrates the moment in which Paco Camino gives him the junk in the Plaza bilbaína in the presence of Paquirri.


Lithograph edited by the real Fábrica de Moneda y Timbre del torero salmantino executing a right hand. Numbered with the number 1 of a series of 150.

In this museum could not miss the historical poster of the terna de hora charra in which they coincided, for the last time, in the Plaza de toros de La Glorieta, in 1979.





Julio Robles



Bullfighter who never failed either the desire to overcome or his remarkable pundonor. Unbeatable in the first third, it possessed one of the brightest layers of its time; They highlighted their restful crutchworks and even, on occasion, the way to practice supreme luck had outstanding qualities. Robles was characterized by his deep bullfighting, classic, artist, and made it vibrate with his cape bullfighting.





The pink and gold terno exhibited in the museum was the dress that Julio Robles wore the afternoon of his debut with picadores in the Plaza de Lleida, on May 10, 1970, with steers by Ma Lourdes Martín Pérez Tabernero.


Jaranero was one of the most outstanding bulls in the trajectory of the Salamancan matador. He stole it at the San Isidro Fair of 1978, belonged to the livestock of Eugenio Lázaro Soria and cut off an ear.


The Monumental of Las Ventas became a talisman for the bullfighter of Fontiveros. In it he killed Sombrerito, from the livestock of Aldeanueva, on July 7, 1985. He cut off his ear and turned the wheel three times.


A great lover of outdoor activities and hunting, Robles wore this short suit on numerous occasions, both in outdoor activities and at various festivals.


How many wishes and prayers in front of your chapel! In front of her, the bullfighter sanctified himself every evening when he faced fear and death. The Virgin of Carmen, the Christ of the Great Power and of Medinaceli, Santa Teresa or the Immaculate witnessed many seasons of their fears and joys, of their triumphs and their failures.