Location: Plaza Consistorial,Pamplona, Navarra
Description: The fencing which runs alongside the course of the encierro during Sanfermin is called the vallado. Every June, the vallados are taken out of storage in the Casa de Misericordia, and the work of installing them is started. In 2009, 900 poles and 1800 crossbeams were used on the fencing.

These are the fences that protect people from the bulls, and also protect the bulls from the people. There are two sets of fencing, which create a secure area for the Red Cross to work, for the police to stand guard, and for the photographers and videographers to capture the exciting encierro.

As is tradition, the carpentry firm of Aldaz Remiro de Puente carry out this important job.

Last year during the encierros, I was lucky to get a great position at the entrance to el Callejón. Waiting for 2 hours in front of the vallados..I ended up smelling them (out of boredom!). They smelled like chocolate and strong coffee. Next year, give them a smell, see what you think.

For more information, have a look at this post on Sanferminencierros.com (NB: Castellano only).