Overview

• Burgos council is evaluating land allocation alongside the academy’s pledge to cover construction costs for the 300-metre Toro de España
• Vox deputy mayor Fernando Martínez-Acitores promotes the statue as a global landmark set to transform tourism in Burgos
• The design features panoramic observation decks in the bull’s horns with restaurants, souvenir shops, viewing platforms at its base
• Socialist former mayor Daniel de la Rosa derides the plan as a “disastrous joke”; Proanbur spokeswoman Judith Sánchez labels it an insensitive provocation glorifying cruelty
• A recent poll suggests 77 percent of Spaniards oppose bullfighting, highlighting waning public support for taurine traditions