zelphiacat

When I used to drive between Badajoz and Sevilla, I would pass this huge black bull cutout billboard along the way in the middle of nowhere. It was surreal.

I understand that advertising billboards are banned in Andalucia, but these cutouts were ok and still remain.

Does anyone know what company this black bull is an icon for?

amberjack

It is the "Osborne Bull" and you can google it if you want.

zelphiacat

THANK YOU, Amberjack!!!!
That's it. I've tried googling it, but nothing ever really came up regarding the company.

It's quite a site to see out of nowhere.

mvor

Zelphiacat, I loved these when I saw them on our drive from Sevilla to Cordoba last October.

According to this link, they are associated with the Osborne sherry company.

http://www.theblackbull.org/thestraightbull

mvor

Here's the Osborne firm's website (including info on the bull -- he turned 50 in 2006):

http://www.osborne.es/

zelphiacat

Thanks, mvor!

lincasanova

thank goodness the government decided that those unique bull "billboards" could remain (many fewer than before) but without the advertising on them when advertising was banned from highways.

i canīt imagine road trips without them!