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Each concessionary brings five wooden posts, five plinths, three long laths and three short ones, one and a half dozen planks for the stall, the seats and the stirrups, half a dozen bars for the bullring, four dozen petate mats, six mooring ropes and the ladders which give access to the front rows.
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Regarding its cost, the families in charge of the protection of the materials used to build it say that it sometimes turns out to be rather expensive or inexpensive depending on the number of times the petate can be reused. Low costs are attributed to a small amount of labour being required in the
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Petatera has terraces that are divided in 70 or 72 sections, although these used to be 103. Each of the divisions has a 2.5m inner radius and a 3.5m outer radius, with each being 9 meter deep. These sections are assigned by the director to the concessionaires or families and supervises the
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Its structure has a wood framework from the region that gives it the ability to absorb or transmit force with the help of stringers and rollers. The structure is kept together with cord and ixtle. Its architecture is complemented with the bullpen and stable, made with the same materials.
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The square, despite its construction, has never collapsed. Its structure is resistant to earthquakes. The following has been said by
Desiderio Contreras, the man who used to be the La Petatera building director on why it has never fallen: we take care of all details in its construction
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construction and the materials being stored nearby. Since the cost of materials and labour is cheap, the construction and reconstruction remains profitable due to the sections being lent. The fact that the construction is a community focused event further reduces costs.
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Aquí han actuado famosos toreros como
Silverio Pérez, Carlos Arruza, Luis Procuna, Joselito Huerta, Luis Castro, Fermín Rivera, Manolo Mejía, Eloy Cavazos, Eulalio López, Alejandro Silveti, Cristina Sánchez, los rejoneadores Gastón Santos, Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza.
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Back in the XVII century there were a series of fires and earthquakes that destroyed 77% of the homes that existed in 1658. The population thought the city was cursed and thought about leaving, but the mayor prohibited so and said the city required a
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There is no available documentation on how to trace the layout nor where its vertices are set. Its tracing could be compared to that used by the ancient
Egyptians who also used cords with marks on predetermined lengths.
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The administrator of the
Patronage of the Charro Taurinos Celebrations of Villa de Álvarez, has said the following statement regarding the torero attendance since the torero introduction in 1943:
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The construction starts when a dot is marked with a stake at the center of the land where it will be bulit.
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469:"Felipe Cruz agradece reconocimiento a La Petatera como Patrimonio Arquitectónico"
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