El Cordobés
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Manuel Benítez Pérez, more commonly known as El Cordobés, is a Spanish matador, and actor active in the 1960s who brought an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical style to the bullring.
El Cordobés on 19 September 1966
Bullfighter
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A bullfighter or matador is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. Torero or toureiro, both from Latin taurarius, are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter, and describe all the perfo
El Cordobés
…Manuel Benítez Pérez (born 4 May 1936), more commonly known as El Cordobés (The Cordovan), is a Spanish matador, and actor active in the 1960s who brought an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical style to the bullring. One of the original techniques practiced by…
Early 20th-century photograph of a matador, showing traditional outfit in 1935.
Manolete
A picador on horseback lancing the bull, 2010.
Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza