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From Puerta del Sol to Plaza Mayor
The Second of May in Sol and the horse statue damaged in 1931 connect familiar squares with conflict and remembrance.
Riots, Wars and Memory in Madrid: audio walks
What happened in the streets when Madrid rose up or became a front line?
4 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
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Madrid's streets were settings for riots, uprisings and war. These routes place those conflicts in particular locations and distinguish their causes and protagonists. The walks ask what happened when the city rose up or became a front line, and how the memory of those episodes remains alongside the present uses of its neighbourhoods.
In “Malasaña and the Dos de Mayo, 1808”: Clara del Rey and the park gate let you look at the Second of May uprising through people who experienced it in the neighbourhood.
In “From Puerta del Sol to Plaza Mayor”: The Second of May in Sol and the horse statue damaged in 1931 connect familiar squares with conflict and remembrance.
In “The Gran Vía: From Zarzuela to War”: You start in the Plaza del Rey, in front of a sixteenth-century house stormed in the Esquilache riot and next door to Godoy's, and hear how in 1886 a musical revue turned an avenue that never arrived into a joke: "Well, you'd better wait sitting down.
Choose from 4 independent walks in Madrid. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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The Gran Vía: From Zarzuela to War
You start in the Plaza del Rey, in front of a sixteenth-century house stormed in the Esquilache riot and next door to Godoy's, and hear how in 1886 a musical revue turned an avenue that never arrived into a joke: "Well, you'd better wait sitting down.
Malasaña and the Dos de Mayo, 1808
Clara del Rey and the park gate let you look at the Second of May uprising through people who experienced it in the neighbourhood.
The Paseo del Prado: from Cibeles to the Retiro
Outside the Prado Museum, the natural history cabinet that became a picture gallery, and the paintings that left in lorries during the war.
Madrid, before you go
Madrid makes sense square by square. Leave room for a terrace, an unexpected slope and a proper break when the sunshine gets strong.
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