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Plaza del Dos de Mayo

Field	Value
name	Plaza del Dos de Mayo
namesake	Dos de Mayo Uprising
image	Plaza del Dos de Mayo, Madrid.jpg
image_size	240
caption	View of the square in 2015
postal_code	28004
location	Centro, Madrid, Spain
maint	Ayuntamiento of Madrid
image_map
coordinates
type	square

The Plaza del Dos de Mayo is an urban square in Madrid, Spain. It is the centre of the Malasaña area, within the administrative neighborhood of Universidad.

Its name remembers the Dos de Mayo Uprising in 1808 that marked the beginning of the Spanish War of Independence.

In 1868 there was already an open semicircular space,

More recently, the plaza became a preferential location for casual alcohol consumption.

References

Cruz, Luis de la. (8 March 2003). "Dos de Mayo, la plaza". Somos Malasaña. El Periódico.
Hernando Carrasco, Javier. (1987). "Las bellas artes y la revolución de 1868". [[University of Oviedo.
Cantalapiedra, Ricardo. (2 May 1995). "Memorias de una plaza". [[El País]].
Hidalgo, Carlos. (23 April 2018). "Botellódromo» sin control en la plaza del Dos de Mayo". [[ABC (Spain).

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