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title: The Bulls of Guisando
author: Lidia Pelayo Alonso
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4275/the-bulls-of-guisando/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Bulls of Guisando

_Authored by [Lidia Pelayo Alonso](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/lidia.pelayo/)_

## Image File

[![The Bulls of Guisando](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4275.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4275.jpg)

## Image Caption

The bulls of Guisando are four zoomorphic sculptures carved in stone and located in the Ávila region (Spain). These bulls were carved by the Vetonians, one of the [Celtic](https://www.worldhistory.org/celt/) peoples who lived on the Iberian Peninsula before the [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) [conquest](https://www.worldhistory.org/warfare/) of this area (around 136-133 BCE). The sculptures are believed to be protective symbols for livestock, although they may have been used as funerary elements associated with traditional customs. One of the bulls has a Latin inscription that reads "LONGINUS PRISCO – CALAET Q PATRI F.C.", that would translate as: “Longinus had (this monument) made for his father Prisco, of the Calaeticos”. Other two sculptures have also inscriptions, but the letters are blurred.

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Alonso, L. P. (2015, December 03). The Bulls of Guisando. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4275/the-bulls-of-guisando/>
### Chicago
Alonso, Lidia Pelayo. "The Bulls of Guisando." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 03, 2015. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4275/the-bulls-of-guisando/>.
### MLA
Alonso, Lidia Pelayo. "The Bulls of Guisando." *World History Encyclopedia*, 03 Dec 2015, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4275/the-bulls-of-guisando/>.

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