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The Osborne Bull of Spain - 50th Aniversary
If you have ever driven in Spain you will undoubtedly have seen a huge silhouette of a black bull stood high on a hill... impressive and nameless, but what exactly are they doing there.
The bulls first appeared in 1957 and where commissioned by the Osbourne sherry company of Jerez
( Sherry ) , however back in those days the name of this famous sherry was also attached to the bull until a law was passed in 1994 banning this type of roadside advertising, so the name disappeared. And although there where protests at the time for the bulls to be completely removed, however by now the bulls where nationally renowned and due to the public response the official order to remove the bulls was lifted as long as they where completely blackened out and all references to the original advertisement where removed. It was the courts that eventually allowed these signs to remain on the grounds that it has become a part of the landscape where it is present and its "aesthetic or cultural significance" thus turning it into a figure of public domain and now as we know now became national treasure.
The bulls are some 14 meters in height, although the design was much smaller during its early appearance's.
There are now only two signs in Spain with the word "Osborne" still written on them. One is at the Jerez Osborne winery and the other in the Puerto de Santa Maria , where the main Osborne headquarters are situated.
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