The Toreo de Cuatro Caminos (literally: Four Roads Bullring; also nicknamed El Coloso de Naucalpan) was a

bullring A bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with the Iberian Peninsula, but they can also be found through Iberian America and in a few Spanish and Portuguese ex-colonies in Africa. Bullrings are o ...

that existed in the limits of

Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City Miguel Hidalgo is a borough (''demarcación territorial'') in the Mexico City. It was created in 1970 when central Mexico City was divided into four boroughs. Miguel Hidalgo joined the historic areas of Tacuba, Chapultepec and Tacubaya along with a ...

and the municipality of Naucalpan de Juárez,

State of Mexico The State of Mexico ( es, Estado de México; ), officially just Mexico ( es, México), is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Commonly known as Edomex (from ) to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is ...

, being an important point of reference on the limits between these two entities for motorists of the

Anillo Periférico The Anillo Periférico (Spanish for ''peripheral ring'') is the outer beltway A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encirc ...

, a highway adjacent to the site. Since 2008, the

Toreo Parque Central Toreo Parque Central (literally, "Central Park Bullring") is a mixed-use development in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Greater Mexico City. It has an enclosed shopping center named Plaza Toreo and it was built on the site of the former bullring Toreo ...

shopping center has been located on its site. Even after its demolition, the area where the bullring stood is commonly known as Toreo or Toreo de Cuatro Caminos.

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