011flam - The Feria was not always considered a time of festivity. It dates back to 1847 when two councillors, Jose Maria Ybarrra and Narciso Bonaciata requested permission from the Town Council of Seville to organise an agricultural livestock fair. Isabel II agreed to the proposal and the first fair was held on the 18th April of the same year at the Prado de San Sebastian on the outskirts of the city.

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