Comportamiento estructural de la plaza de toros Monumental de Sevilla, en base a las pruebas de carga de 1917 y 1918, y su demolición en 1930

Abstract

The Monumental bullring in Seville was one of them buildings of reference in the first years of the century XX in Spain. It was opened the 6 of June of 1918 after having suffered two collapses, one during the execution in 1916 and another during the load test made in 1917. Later the building was subjected to a satisfactory load test in 1918 that offered the necessary guarantees to authorize the inauguration. In 1921 the Governor decreed the closure of the building by alleged structural problems, being demolished in 1930 after a decade of oblivion. In this work are collected documents scattered in several archives, that allow to determine that the load test of 1918 was rigorous and that the behavior of the structure was correct, showing its strength even during the demolition.