Juegos de pelota - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:35:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Juegos de pelota - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The game of ball https://historylab.es/the-game-of-ball/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-game-of-ball Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:26 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-juego-de-la-pelota-a-pala/ Historical amusement with a ball, possibly the predecessor of another game

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]]> Goya emphasised on the cardboard delivery invoice the large number of figures included, each occupying his exact position in the game (forward, centre-half and fullback), together with twenty-five other figures of different ages and attitudes. Pelota games, of French origin, spread throughout Spain with great success in the Basque Country, where even then every village had its own fronton. Goya depicted the specific moment of the game, when the ball, on the ground, has reached the chaza, the place where the ball stops before it reaches the winning line. The resulting tapestry hung in the dining room of the princes of Asturias (the future Charles IV and Maria Luisa of Parma).

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