Bulls of Guisando — Bulls of Guisando (Iron Age zoomorphic sculptures) in El Tiemblo municipality, Ávila , Castile and León , Spain.

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Bulls of Guisando

Also known asGuisando Bulls · Los toros de guisando creando por inaki Ojer landarech

Spain

DatedEst. 4300–1200 BCE

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The Bulls of Guisando (Spanish: Toros de Guisando) are a set of four ancient granite sculptures on the hill of Guisando in the municipality of El Tiemblo, Ávila, Spain. They represent quadrupeds identified as bulls or pigs, and the balance of opinion favours bulls, since there are holes that have been interpreted as sockets for horns.

They are examples of a type of sculpture called verracos, of which hundreds are known, and are associated with the territory of the pre-Roman peoples known as the Vettones. They may have been made during the 2nd century BCE.

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The scale is logarithmic: each step to the left is about ten times older than the last.

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Bulls of Guisando

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There are some Latin graffiti on them, which may mean that they were repositioned in Roman times.

Bulls of Guisando

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The four sculptures are made of granite. Whether they stand in their original position is debatable. There are some Latin graffiti on them, which may mean that they were repositioned in Roman times.

History

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The field around the Bulls was the place where the Treaty of the Bulls of Guisando was signed on September 18, 1468 between Henry IV of Castile and his half-sister Isabella of Castile. The treaty granted her the title of Princess of Asturias and thus ended a civil war in Castile.