Bullfighting - one of the top national entertainment Spain. Presumably the history of bullfighting dates back as early as the Bronze Age, when the bull was considered a sacred animal, and his murder was a sacred ritual. After a period of reconquest bullfight was entertainment of the noble class, where rival bull appeared knight on horseback. Homeland is walking, the famous and popular now, bullfighting was Andalusia. It is not surprising that in Cordoba - one of the most important cities in the region, a museum dedicated to the art of the beautiful and dangerous.

Municipal Museum of Bullfighting is located on the square in Cordoba Maimonides. In 1954, Cordoba was a museum «Museo Municipal de Artes Cordobesas y Artes», consisting of works of craftsmanship. A small display in the museum was dedicated to the history of bullfighting in Cordoba. In 1983, it formed the basis of an open Municipal Museum of bullfighting. The museum is devoted mainly life, history and victories of famous bullfighter of Cordoba. The museum exhibited costumes, embroidered capes and personal belongings matadors, ads and posters made by the fighting, paintings, sculptures and photographs dedicated to bullfighting. A separate exposition is devoted to the most famous matador of Cordova - Manolete. This bullfighter, throughout his career, showing surprisingly bright and beautiful fights, at the age of 30 years was defeated did not submit to him a bull. Among the exhibits kept his uniform drenched with blood, and his skin had killed the bull.