Peñafiel

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This article is about the Spanish town of Peñafiel in the province of Valladolid. For the article about the district of Porto in Portugal please see Penafiel. For the Mexican mineral water see Peñafiel (mineral water).

Peñafiel as seen from the castle. El Coso square can be seen at about 1/3 from the left and just a bit more than 1/2 from the bottom.

Peñafiel Castle

Peñafiel is a town in the province of Valladolid, Spain, best known for its castle and for its medieval square used for bullfights and named "el Coso". The square is surrounded by private homes but since medieval times the rights to use their windows, balconies and doorways during bullfights are owned by the town who auctions them to the highest bidders.

The town is full of deep excavated underground caves which were traditionally used to store the wine because of the constant temperature they kept all year around. These caves have chimney vents for ventilation and to evacuate the gases generated by the fermentation of the wine. These chimney vents dot the landscape in and around the town and the castle.

In 2006 it had a population of about 5500.

Coordinates: 41°36′N, 4°07′W